A total of 669 cases of death in police custody were registered across the country in the last five years from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2022, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told the Rajya Sabha.
A Pune-based advocate has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition before the Bombay High Court highlighting the death of four inmates of Yerwada Central Prison, in mysterious circumstances.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 Human rights watchdog Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) in its report released today said a total of 21 deaths in police custody were recorded by the Criminal.
Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia said that the Gwalior Police miserably failed to conduct a fair investigation into the custodial death and was actively involved in camouflaging the probe.
Nearly 1,000 people who died in U.S. prisons and jails in 2021 went unaccounted for because of the Justice Department’s failures, according to a newly released bipartisan Senate report.