Custodial Deaths
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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