The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of reports alleging that about 20 gangs of inmates operating in Tihar Jail here were involved in illegal activities and offering protection to prisoners who could pay them. The gangs reportedly facilitate intake of different objects, offer protection from abuse to prisoners and even…
A fact finding committee of human rights forums has alleged that E. Subramani, a painter of Pattambakkam, who was picked up by the Neyveli Township police for interrogation in connection with a murder case, had died due to torture meted out to him in police custody. A release said the fact finding committee led by…
Maharashtra has witnessed two custody deaths in Mumbai and Ahmadnagar recently. The National Crime Record Bureau reported that the state has had a total of 333 custodial deaths from 1991 to 2003, and yet no police officer has been convicted for any of the deaths till date. Maharashtra has the dubious distinction of topping the…