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Punjab health club owner dies of gunshot wounds in custody

December 13, 2024 8:29 am

Family alleges foul play, police claim it is suicide and the man shot himself with a licensed pistol

Lucknow: Court rejects closure report in custodial death, orders probe

November 04, 2024 8:19 am

The case dates back to March 2021, when Zia-ud-din, a resident of a village in Azamgarh, was allegedly detained for questioning in a robbery case.

Post-mortem examination of Surat gangrape accused, who died in police custody, points to physical injuries

October 12, 2024 2:47 am

An inquiry has been initiated into the death of the accused, Shivshanker Chaurasia. He is among the three persons accused in the case of rape of a 17-year-old minor girl in Surat.

Man’s death in Noida police custody: Two women co-workers arrested on abetment of suicide charge

May 18, 2024 5:44 am

The family members of Yogesh Kumar had earlier blamed police personnel for his death, alleging they had demanded a Rs 5 lakh bribe to release him.

Two cops held over custodial death of 19-year-old youth in Maharashtra’s Akola

April 18, 2024 4:31 pm

Two other police constables, who were allegedly involved in the custodial death, have also been booked under the charges of murder

Lakhimpur Kheri: Two cops booked for murder after Dalit man dies in custody

April 15, 2024 8:10 am

Villagers block highway, family alleges he was given electric shocks

Disabled man dies in UP Police custody, probe ordered as kin allege custodial torture

March 22, 2024 11:59 am

Praveen Kumar, 28, was picked up by the Baghpat Kotwali police in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday morning in a theft case. He died in the evening, allegedly after consuming poison.

'Living amid fear': UP custodial death victim's family questions clean chit to woman's kin as 7 cops indicted

January 02, 2024 1:00 pm

While no one has been arrested so far, the family has raised a question mark on what basis the CB-CID gave the woman's family a clean chit in the case.

Picked by cops after making PCR call, man dies in police custody

December 08, 2023 2:57 am

Police identified the man as Rahul Yadav, an employee at Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), who was taken to the police station on Wednesday after he made a PCR call of robbery.

Matter of great concern: Gujarat law panel flags custodial deaths

September 29, 2023 12:47 pm

The SLC also cited the chapter on custodial crimes and complaints against police personnel from the 'NCRB - Crimes in India: 2021' report.

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