Chennai, July 16 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government will not shield anyone found responsible in either the alleged encroachment of Palani temple land or the custodial death of a remand prisoner in Nagercoil, Energy and Law Minister, R. Nirmalkumar, said on Thursday, asserting that strict legal action would be taken in both cases.Speaking to reporters at the Secretariat after the State Cabinet meeting, the Minister said the government was committed to ensuring a fair and transparent investigation i…
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Islamabad, July 4 (IANS) A leading minority rights organisation expressed grave concern over the custodial death of a Christian man in Pakistan who was accused under the country’s blasphemy laws, saying the allegations against him were never heard in court and his guilt was never proven.According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), the death of 61-year-old retired government employee Amir Peter on July 1 is a “stark indictment of a system where accusation becomes punishment, and delayed …
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the city government to pay Rs 18.44 lakh as compensation to the adoptive father of a 19-year-old man who died by suicide in police custody, holding that an unnatural custodial death, even if by suicide, attracts public law liability for violation of the fundamental right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution.In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, a single-judge Bench of Justice Sachin Datta held that the state, as custodian of life…
Vijayawada, June 23 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team, probing the alleged custodial death of a 25-year-old man in Vijayawada, on Tuesday took suspended SHO into custody for questioning. The four-member SIT constituted two days ago by the Andhra Pradesh government took Nagaraju, the suspended Station House Officer (SHO) of Krishna Lanka police station, into custody from his residence in Singh Nagar.He was shifted to the police guest house, where he was being interrogated by the SIT.Supporter…
Vijayawada, June 21 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh Police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged custodial death of a 25-year-old man in Vijayawada.Inspector General (Law and Order) M. Ravi Prakash will head the SIT to probe the disappearance and alleged custodial death of Gade Sai Krishna.According to a Government Order issued by the Chief Secretary, Sai Prasad, West Godavari Superintendent of Police Adnan Nayeem Asmi and Alluri Sitharamaraju SP Amit Bardar will be …
Bhubaneswar, June 3 (IANS) A Biju Janata Dal (BJD) delegation on Wednesday met the Chairperson of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC), seeking intervention in the alleged custodial torture and death of a man in Kabisuryanagar in Ganjam district.The delegation, led by senior party leader and former MLA Bhrugu Baxipatra, raised several concerns over the incident and urged the Commission to take appropriate action.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Baxipatra said the delegation highligh…
Paris, May 27 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the custodial death of a senior lawyer in Bangladesh, stating that such recurring incidents raise grave concerns over state accountability and human rights violations. The statement came after the former Satkhira Judge Court Public Prosecutor Abdul Latif reportedly died on May 25 after suffering a stroke while in jail custody, as confirmed by the prison authorities.Reports suggest that Latif, who was previo…
Madurai, March 23 (IANS) In a landmark verdict that brings partial closure to one of Tamil Nadu’s most shocking custodial death cases, the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday convicted nine police personnel for the murder of father-son duo P. Jayaraj and J. Bennix in Sathankulam in 2020.Pronouncing the judgment, Judge G. Muthukumaran held that the prosecution had established beyond doubt that the accused policemen were responsible for the custodial torture that le…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea filed by the Unnao rape survivor seeking enhancement of sentence awarded to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of her father. A Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Sengar and other convicts and posted the matter for further hearing on March 2. The plea filed by the survivor challenges the quantum of…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s refusal to suspend the sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor’s father. Taking note that Sengar’s criminal appeal against his conviction and 10-year sentence is already listed before the Delhi High Court on February 11, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant observed that the High Court may be requested…