Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: police killing

Assam police killed 31 men in 8 months, 14 were Muslims

Since May this year, soon after BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma took over as chief minister of Assam, at least 31 men have been killed while in police custody or in alleged shootouts with the police.

Against forgetting: About Sirajunnisa

I think it should be from this premise of the politically sensitive geography of Kerala that the question ‘Do you remember Sirajunnisa?’ should be asked. I can assure you that most of the replies, instead of a stern yes or no, would rather be a skeptical counter-question; ‘who is Sirajunnisa?’

30 years ago, Sirajunnisa killed by Kerala cops and killers received promotions after promotions

2021 December 15 marks the 30th anniversary of the brutal police killing of a Kerala Muslim girl Sirajunnisa.

Altaf’s ‘custodial killing’: UP govt gets notice from National Commission for Minorities

The National Commission for Minorities has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP), and Chief Secretary, asking for a detailed report into the death of 22-year-old Altaf in police custody in Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh.

UP Police don’t know to investigate but to murder: Opposition leaders on Altaf’s ‘custodial killing’

The alleged custodial killing of a young Muslim man Altaf in Uttar Pradesh has triggered outrage among opposition politicians in the poll-bound state.

25 years after custodial killing of Kashmir man, court orders to probe investigating officers

Jameela Bhat has recorded her statements hundreds of times before police officers in the valley in the last 25 years - repeating the same story again and again - in a case of her husband’s custodial killing. "Even when I talk about it now, I can see the same visuals of that day," she said. "I have been telling the same story all these years."