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Aug 03, 2021 Outlook Web Desk According to data shared by the Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Tuesday, 136 people died in police custody in 2018, 112 in 2019 and 100 in 2020.
Jul 25, 2021 Associated Press (AP) Alcala was sentenced to death in 2010 for five slayings in California between 1977 and 1979, including that of a 12-year-old girl
The victim's father has filed a petition seeking Rs 5 crore as compensation for the custodial death of his son.
Jan 24, 2021 Outlook Web Bureau The victim, Arjan Gadhvi (30), died on January 19 while undergoing treatment at a government hospital after allegedly being tortured by police officers, when he was in custody
Mizoram police claim incident has no connection with the present border standoff.
Rajnikanth Dubey alleged he was beaten up and the SHO himself gave electric shocks on his private parts in the police station to make him confess to the crime.
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and MP Hasnain Masoodi stood holding placards with pictures of men allegedly killed in fake encounters.
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Javid Ahmad said police claims are baseless and said his brother had no links with militants.
Sumedh Singh Saini is Punjab's former Director-General of Police who has been indicted in a three-decade-old custodial death case.
Bennicks and Jeyaraj died on June 22 and 23, respectively after alleged torture by Sathankulam Police following their arrest on June 19.
P Jayaraj and his son Benicks, arrested for 'violating' lockdown norms over business hours of their cellphone shop, died at a hospital in Kovilpatti on June 23, with their relatives alleging they were severely thrashed at the Sathankulam police station.
Sub Inspector Raghu Ganesh has been arrested by the Crime Branch of the CID and remanded to judicial custody.
'The government has decided that the CBI will probe the case,' Chief Minister K Palaniswami said.
Custodial death of the two traders has again raised the spectre of police violence in Thoothukudi district and has put the present AIADMK government in a spot.
In most cases, a notice or ruling by the National Human Rights Commission is not paid heed to.
The family alleged police demanded Rs 13 lakh from Shukla and vandalised his home.
Pradeep, 35, was detained at Chhijarsi police post in Pilkhuwa area of Hapur for questioning over the murder of his wife nearly one-and-a-half month ago.
The 10-year-old son of security guard, Pradeep Tomar, alleged his father was mercilessly tortured and beaten to death by policemen at Hapur's police station in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, October 13.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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