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    Custodial Death News

    Theft accused dies in Punjab police custody; father alleges torture

    The DSP said that the accused and two others were arrested on September 13 and produced in court next day.
    Cities
    Updated 15 days ago

    Attacked cops, fell: How Assam man accused of beheading wife died in escape bid

    Anjad Brahma, the officer-in-charge of Hatigaon Police Station, where Ramanuj Goswami was being taken, said the incident took place in the early hours of Monday. His body has been sent for postmortem.
    India News
    Updated 18 days ago

    Assam man accused of beheading wife attacked police, died after jumping off car

    Police said Ramanuj Goswami ‘s body has been sent for postmortem.
    India News
    Updated 18 days ago

    Couple breaches security, runs toward Vijay's convoy near Tamil Nadu Secretariat

    CM Vijay's convoy was briefly stopped when a couple tried to stop his car near Secretariat in Chennai.
    India News
    Updated 29 days ago

    SC steps in as Allahabad HC faults judiciary, NHRC in UP custodial death case

    The court ordered that “further proceedings in the related public interest litigation shall remain stayed” pending its consideration of the matter.
    India News
    Published 74 days ago

    State liable even if custodial death was suicide: Delhi HC

    The Delhi HC court, in its ruling, held that once a person is deprived of liberty and placed in State custody, the authorities assume a “heightened duty of care”
    India News
    Updated 91 days ago

    SIT arrests two more cops in Andhra’s custodial death case

    India News
    India News
    Updated 92 days ago

    SIT detains inspector’s aide in Andhra custodial death case

    SIT detains inspector’s aide in Andhra custodial death case
    India News
    Published 96 days ago

    Connecticut inmate struck, striped naked before he died, shows video

    Connecticut inmate J'Allen Jones died as a result of custodial torture back in 2018, video footage now reveals
    World News
    Published 97 days ago

    Sai Krishna death fuels Kapu churn, gives YSRCP opening

    Sai Krishna death fuels Kapu churn, gives YSRCP opening
    India News
    Published 97 days ago

    ‘Custodial death’ due to waterboarding: Accused cops to be tried for murder, destroying evidence, says Bathinda court

    A fact-finding investigation by a judicial officer relied upon the digital and forensic evidence, documents and a statement of a doctor to refute the police theory that Bhinder died from drowning in a lake of the defunct Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Power Plant in the city area.
    Cities
    Published 164 days ago

    Delhi: Man dies after 'falling ill' at Jahangirpuri police station

    Delhi: Man dies after 'falling ill' at Jahangirpuri police station
    Cities
    Published 165 days ago

    Agnelo Valdaris: Father’s fight for justice in son’s custodial death continues

    2014 death of Agnelo Valdaris: Father’s fight for justice in son’s custodial death continues
    Cities
    Published 176 days ago

    Six, including retired cops, arrested a decade after Cuttack custodial death

    The police has initially denied the allegations of death. (iStock)
    Cities
    Published 177 days ago

    Ludhiana: Four cops move sessions court against murder charge in custodial death case

    The court also observed that the circumstances surrounding the death appeared suspicious and required thorough examination of the role of the police officials. (HT File)
    Cities
    Published 177 days ago

    2014 custodial death: HC upholds decision to frame murder charges against eight cops

    2014 custodial death: HC upholds decision to frame murder charges against eight cops
    Cities
    Published 178 days ago

    Inside the 2020 Tamil Nadu custodial deaths case that got a verdict 6 yrs later

    Family members of Jayaraj and his son Bennix, who died after alleged police assault in Sathankulam, address a press conference, in Madurai, Monday, April 6, 2026.
    India News
    Updated 178 days ago

    Sathankulam custodial death: Court gives death penalty to 9 TN cops, CBI reacts

    Family members of Jayaraj and his son Bennix, who died after alleged police assault in Sathankulam, address a press conference, in Madurai, Monday, April 6, 2026.
    India News
    Updated 178 days ago

    Sathankulam custodial deaths: 9 accused cops sentenced to death by court

    Police escort a convict outside a court premises in connection with the Sathankulam custodial death case, in Madurai, Monday, April 6, 2026.
    India News
    Published 179 days ago

    Punjab: 28-year-old jail inmate dies in Patiala police custody

    Deceased Bunty was an undertrial in connection with a drug case registered in 2022.
    Cities
    Published 183 days ago

    Nigerian national dies after being apprehended in west Delhi; probe underway

    Nigerian national dies after being apprehended in west Delhi; probe underway
    Cities
    Updated 186 days ago

    AIADMK slams TN govt over \"custodial death\" of 26-year-old man

    AIADMK slams TN govt over \"custodial death\" of 26-year-old man
    Cities
    Published 207 days ago

    CISF jawan posted at Gaya Airport dies under mysterious circumstances

    CISF jawan posted at Gaya Airport dies under mysterious circumstances
    Cities
    Published 217 days ago

    Allahabad HC orders state govt ₹10-lakh relief over custodial death

    The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court. (For representation)
    Cities
    Published 223 days ago

    ‘If I had died like Nirbhaya…’: Unnao rape survivor welcomes SC order

    The Supreme Court rejected Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s bail appeal.
    India News
    Published 234 days ago

    SC refuses to hear Kuldeep Sengar's bail plea in Unnao rape case

    Supreme Court has asked Kuldeep Singh Sengar to approach the High Court.
    India News
    Updated 235 days ago

    Unnao custodial death case: HC dismisses Sengar’s plea for sentence suspension

    Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar. (HT PHOTO)
    India News
    Published 256 days ago

    Gurugram: Four cops booked for murder in ‘custodial death’

    However, police said Asif died by suicide. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
    Cities
    Published 279 days ago

    Parbhani custodial death: Mother moves HC over state’s failure to frame binding rules

    Parbhani, India. 16, 2024: A 35-year-old man named Somnath Suryawanshi died in Parbhani district jail on December 15, 2024. Suryawanshi was detained alongside 50 other Dalit youths for their alleged involvement in the violence that broke out in the city following the desecration of a replica of the Constitution on December 10, 2024. Parbhani, India. Dec 16, 2024. (Photo by HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Published 279 days ago

    Custodial death case: HC suspends ex-IG Zaidi’s life sentence

    While pronouncing its verdict on the case, the HC bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur noted a lack of motive and the accused officer not being present in police station at the time of the custodial death of Suraj Singh, as pointed out by the IGP in his appeal. (File)
    Cities
    Published 282 days ago
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