custodial torture

Mumbai, April 8 The Bombay High Court has upheld a trial court's order to frame murder charges against eight police personnel in the alleged custodial death of city youth Agnello Valdaris in 2014.A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Shyam Chandak, in an order passed on Monday, said the...

Mumbai, April 7 The Bombay High Court has upheld a trial court's order to frame murder charges against eight police personnel in connection with the alleged custodial death of Agnello Valdaris in 2014.A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Shyam Chandak, in an order passed on Monday, said the...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), April 6 A court here on Monday sentenced nine police personnel to death for the brutal custodial torture and murder of a father-son duo in Sathankulam, Tuticorin.First Additional District and Sessions Judge G Muthukumaran classified the case as the rarest of rare...

Islamabad, April 1 – Pakistan's continued custodial torture reflects serious institutional shortcomings, particularly the lack of adequate training for police forces in modern investigative techniques, such as forensic analysis and evidence-based interrogation methods, according to a report...

New Delhi, March 27 The city police on Friday informed the Delhi High Court that allegations about custodial torture and illegal detention of some students arrested earlier this month were fabricated and motivated to derail an ongoing investigation into their Maoist-linked activities.The...

Chennai, March 25 The ruling DMK on Wednesday criticized the AIADMK, demanding to know whether former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami would issue a public apology following the conviction of nine police officers in the Sathankulam custodial deaths case.In its party organ, 'Murasoli', the...

Madurai, March 23 A local court here on Monday found all nine accused police officers guilty in the case of custodial torture of a man and his son, which led to their deaths in Sathankulam, Thoothukudi district in 2020.Judge G Muthukumaran of the First Additional District and Sessions Court...

Amaravati, March 9 – The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday directed Bihar Inspector General of Police, Sunil Kumar Naik, to appear before the Andhra Pradesh Police by March 12 for questioning regarding the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghurama Krishna Raju...

Amaravati, March 9 – Andhra Pradesh Police continued questioning Bihar's Inspector General of Police, Sunil Kumar Naik, for the fifth day on Monday in connection with the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament, K. Raghurama Krishna Raju.The IPS officer, hailing from Bihar...

Amaravati, March 6 – Bihar Inspector General of Police, Sunil Kumar Naik, appeared before the Andhra Pradesh police for the second consecutive day on Friday for questioning regarding the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghurama Krishna Raju.The IPS officer from...

Amaravati, March 5 – Andhra Pradesh police questioned Bihar cadre IPS officer, M. Sunil Kumar Naik, for about seven hours on Thursday regarding the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, who is now Deputy Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.Sunil...

Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), March 5 Senior IPS officer M Sunil Kumar Naik was questioned by the Andhra Pradesh Police on Thursday regarding the alleged custodial torture of Deputy Speaker K Raghurama Krishna Raju during the previous YSRCP administration.Naik, who is based in Bihar, was questioned...

Amaravati, March 5 – Bihar cadre IPS officer, M. Sunil Kumar Naik, appeared before the Andhra Pradesh Police on Thursday for questioning regarding the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, who is now the Deputy Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 27 Four officials of the Fort Police Station here have been suspended in connection with an alleged custodial torture incident, police said on Friday.The suspended personnel are Grade Sub-Inspector Sreekumar and Civil Police Officers Siju, Sunil, and Gireesh.Last...

Amaravati, February 26 – A court in Andhra Pradesh issued an arrest warrant on Thursday against M. Sunil Kumar Naik, an IPS officer serving in Bihar, in connection with the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, who is now the Deputy Speaker of the...

Ahmedabad, February 24 The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction and five-year rigorous imprisonment sentence of former Director General of Police S S Khandwawala in a 1976 custodial torture case, deeming the order of the sessions court as "erroneous and lacking merit"...

Patna, February 23 A police team from Andhra Pradesh arrived in Patna on Monday to arrest a senior IPS officer, but the concerned court refused to grant a transit remand, citing "procedural lapses".According to Bhanu Pratap Singh, SP City (East), Patna, the visiting police team took into...

Patna, February 23 An officer of the rank of Inspector General (IG) in Bihar was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday in connection with a five-year-old case of alleged custodial torture of a senior leader of the Telugu Desam Party.Currently posted as the IG, Fire and Homeguards...

Amaravati, February 23 Andhra Pradesh police arrested IPS officer Sunil Nayak in Bihar on Monday in connection with the alleged custodial torture of the Deputy Speaker of the state assembly, K Raghurama Krishna Raju, during the previous YSRCP administration.Guntur district Superintendent of...

Amaravati, February 23 – The Andhra Pradesh Police arrested IPS officer Sunil Nayak in Bihar on Monday in connection with the alleged custodial torture of K Raghurama Krishna Raju, the current Deputy Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, in 2021, when the YSRCP was in power.Nayak, who had...