Stuff 17 August 2020 For two and a half minutes the popular Indian radio DJ described in graphic detail what she said was the torture and killing of a father and son in police custody. The father was arrested for flouting coronavirus lockdown rules by keeping his mobile phone shop in southern India open past curfew, Suchitra […]
Boston25 News 16 August 2020 By: SHEIKH SAALIQ EW DELHI — (AP) — For two and a half minutes the popular Indian radio DJ described in graphic detail what she said was the torture and killing of a father and son in police custody. The father was arrested for flouting coronavirus lockdown rules by keeping his mobile […]
The New York Times 16 August 2020 NEW DELHI — For two and a half minutes the popular Indian radio DJ described in graphic detail what she said was the torture and killing of a father and son in police custody. The father was arrested for flouting coronavirus lockdown rules by keeping his mobile phone […]
Business Standard 06 August 2020 Torture in police custody is “routine” in India, experts say, and is mostly used to coerce suspects to give up information and build evidence during an investigation At least 17,146 people were reported to have died in judicial and police custody–nearly five a day, on average–in cases registered in the decade to […]
India Spend 06 August 2020 Bengaluru: At least 17,146 people were reported to have died in judicial and police custody–nearly five a day, on average–in cases registered in the decade to March 2020, according to the latest data from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). This year alone, in the seven months to July 2020, the NHRC […]
Sabrang 29 July 2020 By Faheem Muhammed M.P A critical inquiry into custodial killings in the state over the last four years Civil society has been enraged since the death of Jayaraj (59) and his son Fenix (31) allegedly due to the custodial torture in the Satankulam police station in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district. The police booked […]
Sabrang 24 July 2020 The hopes of recovering the remains of the victim are bleak, but all circumstantial evidence make up the facts in the case, as per the ACP who is the complainant in the FIR The six policemen from Vadodara who have been charged for allegedly killing a migrant worker from Telangana are […]
Latest Laws 24 July 2020 By By : Vidisha Singh Abstract “Custodial torture is universally held as one of the cruelest forms of human rights abuse. The Constitution of India, the Supreme Court, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the United Nations forbid it. But the police across the country defy these institutions. Therefore, there […]
TRT World 20 July 2020 How torture in police custody recently caused two deaths and triggered a strong movement against the heavyhandedness of Indian police. A young woman stares directly into the camera. Bespectacled and steadfast in her conviction, she wears a face of resignation and disappointment. “Hi, I’m Suchitra, I’m South Indian and I […]
South Asia Journal 19 July 2020 By Sanchit Srivastava It is high time one questions the eulogization of police brutality by cinema as it justifies custodial deaths and encounters. The custodial death of Jeyaraj and Fenix had led to a lot of protests in some parts of the country but did not gain a momentum […]
