Yadgir: A 70-year-old man died under suspicious circumstances after being summoned to a police station for questioning in connection with a land dispute, sparking allegations of police assault and demands for an independent probe.The deceased, identified as Rajesab Valikar of Karikal village in Hunasagi taluk, was called to Narayanpur police station on Monday following a…
The Madurai district authorities on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) took the body of Akash Delison, 26, who died on March 8 allegedly due to custodial torture by the Manamadurai police, to the Thathaneri cremation yard, after his family members refused to receive his body. Amid tight security, the body was transported from the mortuary of…
Kanpur: A 24-year-old undertrial prisoner lodged in Banda Jail in a rape case allegedly died by suicide on Thursday afternoon inside the jail’s gas warehouse.According to officials, the deceased was arrested on Mar 11 for allegedly raping a minor and was sent to judicial custody at Banda Jail.Jail staff said he had been assigned cooking…
Ludhiana: A local court has halted the autopsy of a Ludhiana Central Jail inmate who died by suspected suicide after authorities failed to locate any trace of his family.Security staff had found the body of Sukhwinder Singh, of Batala, Gurdaspur, inside a prison washroom at about 6.30am on Tuesday and claimed it hanged from a…
Surat: A 22-year-old man died just hours after being arrested in a prohibition case in the early hours of Wednesday.Police claimed that he suffered an epileptic seizure while being taken for a medical examination.An inquiry into the custodial death has been initiated by assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Z R Desai.The deceased, identified as Ranjit…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the state govt to pay Rs 22 lakh compensation to the wife and two children of a 52-year-old man who was killed in 2013 at Yerwada Mental Hospital in Pune by a violent fellow inmate.Justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram Shirsat said, “The admitted position on record shows…
3 min readMumbaiJun 9, 2026 01:47 AM IST The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to pay Rs 22 lakh in compensation to the widow and two children of a 50-year-old man who was killed by another patient while undergoing treatment at the state-run Yerawada Mental Hospital in Pune in November 2013….
6 min readNew DelhiJun 4, 2026 05:26 PM IST The Madras High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against seven Kerala Police personnel accused of illegally detaining a man during a cross-border anti-drug operation in Tamil Nadu, whose handcuffed body was later found in a well, holding that allegations involving custodial misconduct and abuse…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. BERHAMPUR: An entire police station in Odisha, including its IPS probationer inspector-in-charge, faced disciplinary action after a 32-year-old polio-affected daily wage worker died Monday while undergoing treatment at a government hospital following alleged torture in custody, triggering protests and scrutiny of police conduct in the state.Sushant Sahu died at…
Lucknow: A court on Monday convicted 22 persons for attack, arson and loot of a police outpost in UP’s Barabanki in an 11-year-old case. The court, however, acquitted all of them of attempt to murder charge on account of inadequate evidence.Additional district and sessions judge, Barabanki, Rakesh Kumar Singh also imposed a penalty of Rs…
