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5 Tripura Cops Arrested After Man's Death Due To Alleged Custodial Torture
Five cops have been suspended and arrested in Tripura after the death of a 34-year-old tribal man due to alleged custodial torture.
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Custodial Torture Leading To Death Of Person "Not Acceptable In Civilised Society": Top Court
Custodial violence which lead to the death of a person is "abhorrent" and "not acceptable in the civilized society", the Supreme Court on Thursday said, while refusing to compound the offence of two policemen, accused of assaulting a man, who later died due to injuries in 1988 in Odisha.
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West Bengal Files Appeal Against Second Autopsy Of Man Who Died In Custody
The West Bengal government on Wednesday filed an appeal before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging a single bench judgement ordering a second post mortem examination on the body of a man who allegedly died in judicial custody "due to torture".
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People Lay Siege To Assam Fire Station Over Death Rumours Of "Thief", Police Burst Tear Gas
People laid siege to a fire station in Assam's Hailakandi district and pelted the police and security forces with stones on Saturday over rumours of the death of a suspected thief due to alleged torture by fire brigade personnel, police said.
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Head Constable Is 5th Cop Arrested In Tamil Nadu Judicial Deaths Case
The Tamil Nadu Police today arrested a head constable in connection with the death of a man and his son due to alleged torture in police custody in Tuticorin.
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Tamil Nadu Top Cop Gets Rights Body Notice Over Father-Son Custody Deaths
The NHRC on Wednesday said it has issued notices to the DGP of Tamil Nadu and SP of Thoothukudi district in the southern state over the death of a father-son duo allegedly due to torture by police.
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Nirbhaya Convict Cites "Mental Illness" To Challenge Mercy Plea Rejection
A death row convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case today claimed in the Supreme Court that the President had not considered the "mental stability" he suffered due to torture in jail while rejecting his mercy petition. The centre denied the assertion, saying he was "fit and of sound mind".
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Don't Spare Those Who Did This To Me, Nirbhaya Told This Police Officer
"Those who did this to me, do not spare them" - These were the words that police officer Chaya Sharma heard from Nirbhaya, the young student gang-raped on a moving bus and tortured with an iron rod in December 2012.
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Jharkhand Man Arrested For Beef Message Died Of Torture, Postmortem Finds
Minhaz Ansari, the man arrested in Jharkhand over WhatsApp messages on beef that the police said were inflammatory, had died in custody due to beating and not because of encephalitis, a postmortem examination has concluded.
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'Don't Deprive Me of My Child': Pakistan Death Row Convict's Mother Pleads for Mercy
The family of a Pakistani man charged as a child with murder and due to be hanged made heartrending appeals to the government on Wednesday, complaining of a flawed justice system that allowed months of torture to extract a confession.
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28 injuries on body of BSP leader's domestic help: postmortem report
A total of 28 injuries were found on the body of the domestic help of BSP MP Dhananjay Singh who died due to alleged torture by his wife, the postmortem report says.
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Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into death of Trinamool worker
The Calcutta High Court today ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the death of a Trinamool Congress worker, who allegedly died due to police torture in West Bengal's Dhanekhali village four months ago.
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Man arrested for dowry demands and wife's suicide
A man was arrested for alleged torture and dowry-related death of his wife in Madhusudanpally area of the steel city, police said on Saturday.
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5 Tripura Cops Arrested After Man's Death Due To Alleged Custodial Torture
Five cops have been suspended and arrested in Tripura after the death of a 34-year-old tribal man due to alleged custodial torture.
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Custodial Torture Leading To Death Of Person "Not Acceptable In Civilised Society": Top Court
Custodial violence which lead to the death of a person is "abhorrent" and "not acceptable in the civilized society", the Supreme Court on Thursday said, while refusing to compound the offence of two policemen, accused of assaulting a man, who later died due to injuries in 1988 in Odisha.
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West Bengal Files Appeal Against Second Autopsy Of Man Who Died In Custody
The West Bengal government on Wednesday filed an appeal before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging a single bench judgement ordering a second post mortem examination on the body of a man who allegedly died in judicial custody "due to torture".
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People Lay Siege To Assam Fire Station Over Death Rumours Of "Thief", Police Burst Tear Gas
People laid siege to a fire station in Assam's Hailakandi district and pelted the police and security forces with stones on Saturday over rumours of the death of a suspected thief due to alleged torture by fire brigade personnel, police said.
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Head Constable Is 5th Cop Arrested In Tamil Nadu Judicial Deaths Case
The Tamil Nadu Police today arrested a head constable in connection with the death of a man and his son due to alleged torture in police custody in Tuticorin.
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Tamil Nadu Top Cop Gets Rights Body Notice Over Father-Son Custody Deaths
The NHRC on Wednesday said it has issued notices to the DGP of Tamil Nadu and SP of Thoothukudi district in the southern state over the death of a father-son duo allegedly due to torture by police.
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Nirbhaya Convict Cites "Mental Illness" To Challenge Mercy Plea Rejection
A death row convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case today claimed in the Supreme Court that the President had not considered the "mental stability" he suffered due to torture in jail while rejecting his mercy petition. The centre denied the assertion, saying he was "fit and of sound mind".
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Don't Spare Those Who Did This To Me, Nirbhaya Told This Police Officer
"Those who did this to me, do not spare them" - These were the words that police officer Chaya Sharma heard from Nirbhaya, the young student gang-raped on a moving bus and tortured with an iron rod in December 2012.
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Jharkhand Man Arrested For Beef Message Died Of Torture, Postmortem Finds
Minhaz Ansari, the man arrested in Jharkhand over WhatsApp messages on beef that the police said were inflammatory, had died in custody due to beating and not because of encephalitis, a postmortem examination has concluded.
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'Don't Deprive Me of My Child': Pakistan Death Row Convict's Mother Pleads for Mercy
The family of a Pakistani man charged as a child with murder and due to be hanged made heartrending appeals to the government on Wednesday, complaining of a flawed justice system that allowed months of torture to extract a confession.
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28 injuries on body of BSP leader's domestic help: postmortem report
A total of 28 injuries were found on the body of the domestic help of BSP MP Dhananjay Singh who died due to alleged torture by his wife, the postmortem report says.
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Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into death of Trinamool worker
The Calcutta High Court today ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the death of a Trinamool Congress worker, who allegedly died due to police torture in West Bengal's Dhanekhali village four months ago.
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Man arrested for dowry demands and wife's suicide
A man was arrested for alleged torture and dowry-related death of his wife in Madhusudanpally area of the steel city, police said on Saturday.
