Tag: Custodial Deaths

Bhubaneswar: Amid a huge public outcry in Odisha over the twin incidents of alleged custodial deaths in Biramitrapur and Puri, a petitioner on Friday knocked the doors of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) over the matter. Human Rights activist, Prabir Das today filed two separate cases in connection with the alleged custodial deaths in […]

Puri: With public outrage rising and hours after a batch of petitions were filed in the National Human Rights Commission as well as OHRC over two alleged custodial deaths in Odisha, the State government on Friday transferred Puri SP Akhileswar Singh. The State police also effected suspension of several personnel over for gross misconduct and […]

Bhubaneswar: The proceedings of the winter session of Odisha Assembly on Saturday witnessed uproarious scenes with Opposition parties- BJP and Congress cornering Odisha government over the recent alleged custodial deaths in Puri and Biramitrapur of Sundergarh district. Raising the issue, Pradipta Naik, Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly alleged that the deceased K. Ramesh […]