Three Tamil Nadu policemen booked for alleged custodial death of Chennai man

In a purported CCTV camera footage from a day after the man’s arrest, two policemen could be seen beating him up.

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· May 07, 2022 · 03:24 pm

Weeks after Chennai man’s death in custody, video shows police chasing and beating him up

The footage emerged amid allegations by the man’s family that he died due to police torture.

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· May 03, 2022 · 10:00 pm

Uttar Pradesh: Man accused of raping a Dalit girl found dead in Kannauj prison

The prison warden found his body hanging from a water pipeline with a towel, Jail Superintendent Vishnukant Mishra said.

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· May 02, 2022 · 05:20 pm

Chennai Police offered money to stay silent about alleged custodial death of man, claims his family

The police had claimed that V Vignesh died after suffering a seizure. However, his brother has alleged that there were wounds on his body.

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· Apr 30, 2022 · 08:47 pm

Kasganj custodial death: Allahabad HC orders second autopsy on victim’s body at Delhi AIIMS

The father of the deceased man has alleged that the the first postmortem report was ‘dubious’ and ‘manufactured’.

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· Feb 11, 2022 · 03:11 pm

Kasganj custodial death: Court warns UP Police to file reply to plea seeking CBI probe by Thursday

Last year, a Muslim man was found dead inside the Kasganj police station after he was taken for questioning in a case related to the abduction of a Hindu woman.

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· Feb 02, 2022 · 04:03 pm

Tamil Nadu CM transfers probe into alleged custodial death of Dalit man with disability to CB-CID

The police had picked Prabhakaran and his wife from their home in Salem on suspicion of theft on January 8.

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· Jan 18, 2022 · 03:01 pm

Kasganj custodial death: Girl not minor, kidnapping charge against Muslim man dropped, say police

The girl that Altaf was accused of kidnapping had been found last week.

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· Nov 17, 2021 · 09:46 am

In India, five people die in official custody every day. How does the law deal with these?

The law prescribes judicial inquiries, videographing the postmortem and other measures. But they are often not followed.

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· Nov 14, 2021 · 09:00 am

Tihar Jail inmate death: File status report on safety of witnesses, Delhi HC tells officials

Ankit Gujjar, along with two of his fellow inmates, was allegedly beaten up by the prison authorities.

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· Sep 13, 2021 · 09:36 pm

Delhi HC transfers inquiry into alleged murder of Tihar Jail inmate to CBI

Ankit Gujjar was found dead inside his cell in the jail on August 4.

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· Sep 08, 2021 · 02:24 pm

348 people died, 1,189 tortured in police custody in last three years, Centre tells Lok Sabha

The government said it has no information about police violence against citizens while enforcing the coronavirus-induced lockdown last year.

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· Aug 04, 2021 · 07:53 am