Tag: Custodial Torture

Mitu Behera, who was arrested by Golanthara police on June 1, reportedly fell ill this morning following which he was rushed to MKCG Medical College and Hospital. However, doctors at the hospital declared him dead.

The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Superintendent of Police of Malkangiri directing him to conduct an inquiry into the matter

However, the SP, Malkangiri claimed the two youths had been beaten up by the villagers and not by the Motu Police. “An investigation into the incident is underway,” stated the SP.

Bhubaneswar: Sandhyarani Jena, a former Inspector-in-Charge (IIC) at the Patna police station in Keonjhar district, has been barred from posting at any police station or deployment on field duties for the next two years after a an inquiry conducted by the Odisha State Human Rights Commission (OHRC) held her guilty in an alleged case of […]

Puri: Close on the heels of the allegations over two deaths in police custody in Puri and Sundargarh respectively, another allegation of custodial torture has been received from Pipili on Saturday. As many as six persons, arrested by the police in connection with the assault on a youth at Bhabanipur village under Pipili police limits […]

Cuttack/Puri: The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police (central Range) has been directed to investigate the alleged custodial torture of five persons at Pipili police station in Puri district. ” Allegations have been published in some print and electronic media about assault on some persons forwarded to jail on 19,11,2020 by Pipili police Station. An […]

Cuttack: The family members of one of the five youths, who is undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital in here following the alleged torture in Pipili police custody in Puri, stated that the cops are not allowing them to meet him and instead misbehaving with them. “I have come to see my son […]

Keonjhar:  Even as a series of alleged incidents of custodial torture and deaths continue to evoke severe public and political outcry across the State, another such case has been reported from Patna police station in Keonjhar district on Wednesday. A minor boy has alleged that he was subjected to third degree torture in the police […]