The family of a man, who died under suspicious circumstances in the Mainpuri district jail in Uttar Pradesh, has alleged that he was beaten up in custody by the police resulting in his death.

According to reports, the deceased, identified as Bhure, a resident of Gihar Colony of Mainpuri Kotwali area, was arrested by the police on Tuesday and lodged in the Mainpuri district jail.

Police said that Bhure’s health deteriorated while in custody, following which he was taken to the district hospital where he passed away.

However, the family of the deceased have accused the police of custodial torture that led to Bhure’s demise. They claimed that the cops took him away, thrashed him, and then murdered him while in jail.

CO city Mainpuri, Santosh Kumar, while refuting the family’s allegations, said that the deceased had been arrested by the police after a court had issued a Non-Bailable warrant (NBW) against him, adding that his death is being investigated.

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Meanwhile, former Samajwadi Party MLA from Mainpuri and current MP Dimple Yadav, have demanded a probe in the inmate’s mysterious death.

In a statement, Raju Yadav noted that one of Bhure’s brothers had also been “killed” in the same manner and demanded that a special panel should conduct the victim’s post mortem. The SP leader also demanded that the UP government should pay a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the family of the deceased.

Mainpuri MP Dimple Yadav, in a tweet, while claiming that the deceased, Bhure Gihar, was “murdered” in police custody, claimed that atrocities are being committed against the poor under BJP rule and called for strict punishment for the cops who are found guilty in the man’s death.

A senior police official said that the deceased inmate’s body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the cause of death, adding that further investigations are underway.

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The family of a man, who died while lodged at a police station in Secunderabad, have alleged that the deceased was tortured by the cops in custody, reports said.

According to report, the deceased, identified as Chiranjeevi, a resident of Secunderabad’s LB Nagar, was arrested by the police in a theft case and lodged in the Tukaramgate Police Station.

They said the inmate complained of illness on Tuesday and was taken by the cops to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.

Chiranjeevi’s family alleged that he was tortured in custody by the police, resulting in his demise. The family members of the deceased victim staged a protest outside the office of DCP (north), seeking a probe into the man’s death.

A senior police official said the body of the deceased has been sent for a post-mortem examination at the Gandhi Hospital mortuary to ascertain the cause of death and an inquiry has been ordered to probe the incident.

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In a similar incident, in February this year, a man in Hyderabad’s Medak, who was arrested on suspicion of theft, died of injuries he allegedly suffered due to custodial torture by the cops at the Medak Police Station.

Before his death, the man, identified as 35-year-old Mohammad Khadeer Khan, had narrated his ordeal in a video shared on social media in which accused the police of brutally thrashing him with sticks. The man claimed that the cops viciously beat him for five days before letting him go.

The victim’s wife had told newsmen that the cops picked up her husband from his sister’s home in in Hyderabad on January 27 and then subjected him to third-degree torture while in custody.

Kadeer, a daily wage worker, was in police custody for five days, and upon his release, the cops had allegedly warned him of dire consequences if he told anyone about the torture.

The victim, who was hospitalized after his release, had reportedly suffered multiple injuries, including fractures, dislocated spine and renal failure due to alleged beatings by the police. He succumbed to his injuries on the morning of February 17.

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A 52-year-old man died in police custody after allegedly being thrashed by the cops inside a police station in Kochi, reports said on Monday. A police officer has been suspended in connection with the incident.

As per reports quoting eyewitness, the deceased, identified as Manoharan—a resident of Irupanam in Kochi— was thrashed by the policemen after he was taken into police custody for failing to stop his vehicle for inspection during a regular check on Saturday night. They claimed that Manoharan, despite being sober, was accused of drunk driving and taken to the police station and slapped by the police as soon as he removed his helmet. The cops also purportedly assaulted him inside the premises.

However, the police have refuted the allegations and claimed that Manoharan collapsed inside the Hill Palace Police Station after he was taken into custody for failing to stop his vehicle during a regular inspection on Saturday night.

They said that Manoharan collapsed in the police station and was taken to the Tripunithura Taluk Hospital and later shifted to a private hospital in Kochi where he passed away.

Refuting accusations of assault, the police said they have security camera footage as proof that the deceased was not thrashed by the policemen inside the police station premises.

The police have also cited the post-mortem report which states that Manoharan died of a cardiac arrest and also suffered from heart-related issues.

Meanwhile, the state human rights commission has also registered a case and directed the Kochi city police commissioner to conduct an investigation and submit a report in the incident.

Following the death, the family of the deceased and the Opposition parties protested outside the station.

A senior police official said that an officer of Sub-Inspector rank has been suspended and further investigation of the case is underway.

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Elderly woman shrieks after learning about her son’s custodial death have put people in discomfort as a video from UP’s Fatehpur has surfaced where an elderly woman can be seen writhing and shrieking as she learns about the death of her son, Satyandra Kumar, at the UP Fatehpur’s Radhanagar Police station. The mother had alleged 6 policemen of Radhanagar Police Station picked her son up and had asked for money if they don’t want her son to face serios charges.

In the video, the aggrieved mother of the victim can be seen crying and shrieking as she keeps calling for god in disbelief. She can also be heard saying that they have killed him, implying at police officials. The medical officer in the video can be seen trying to comfort her, however, she refused to listen as she went on to grieve and shriek at the news of the demise of her son.

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The video has been going viral and many people came forward to condemn the situation as one user can forward and remarked that the Uttar Pradesh police’s oppression of the poor has reached its plight. The user further added that the oppression by the police is being done with the nod of the politicians, the user ended his remark by saying that the state of affairs of UP can be termed as a Jungle raj.

Another user added to the conversation as the user raised a caveat that the police shouldn’t be given this much freedom to use their powers arbitrarily. The user also added a caveat by tagging the Chief Minister of UP and saying that if this keeps up, the future will be very worrisome.

The mother had alleged that her son, Satyendra Kumar, was picked up for no reason by six police officers, including the SHO and the SI of the Radhanagar Police Station, from his rented house in Jairam Nagar on 6th October. The Mother also alleged that the police officer tortured her son and had asked the family to get 3 Lakh Rs if they want their son back.

The police also threatened to charge Satyandra Kumar with serious charges if the family fails to come up with the money, alleged the mother. The family got to know about the son’s death on Sunday from several sources but not the police. The SP of police clarified that Satyandra was taken into custody for an investigation of the case pertaining to an ATM theft.

According to reports the Six policemen of Radhanagar, including the SHO and SI, will be facing charges of wrongful confinement, extortion, murder, and the SC/ST act. The additional SP is supposed to inquire further into the case as well a magisterial probe would also be conducted according to reports.

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Hundreds of villagers attacked a police station in Bihar’s Katihar district, hours after a man died allegedly in custody. Seven policemen, including two station house officers (SHOs), suffered serious injuries in a mob attack.

The deceased, identified as Pramod Kumar Singh, was arrested on Friday for carrying liquor bottles in the dry state of Bihar. Villagers went on a rampage in Pranpur Police Station after a 40-year-old was found dead in the lockup. People started damaging the station and vehicles parked on the police station premises.

Acting Superintendent of Police (SP) Daya Shankar said all the injured are admitted to the hospital in Katihar and they are in stable condition. The two injured SHOs have been identified as Manitosh Kumar of Pranpur Police Station and Shailesh Kumar of Dandkohra Police Station, a senior officer said.

He said that the situation is entirely under control and that our teams are camping in the area. According to the reports, villagers entered the premises with sticks and rods and attacked the cops after hearing about Pramod’s death.

Shankar said the situation could only be brought under control after additional security personnel was called in from the nearest police stations. He alleged that the body of the man arrested was found as the police officers were preparing documents to produce Pramod before a court.

Police have sent Pramod’s body for a post-mortem examination. The police have also registered a case against those who attacked the policemen.

Earlier in April 2016, the Bihar government banned the manufacture, trade, storage, transportation, sale and consumption of liquor in the state. The law was made under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 and those who are found violating will be held under a punishable offense.

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A 22-year-old Muslim youth called for questioning at the police station died on Wednesday in the lock-up in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district. The police said that Altaaf, an accused of running away with a woman from his village of Ahirauli in Kasganj, found him in an unconscious state inside the police station washroom.

The Kasganj Police statement has, however, been slammed on social media, with many, including actor Sushant Singh, raising questions about the police version.

Hitting out at Yogi Adityanath, the Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav branded the incident as another misdeed of UP’s thoko police. Condemning the incident, the SP took to Twitter and wrote under the patronage of the UP chief minister, criminals and police are committing an encounter of law and order in Uttar Pradesh. The guilty policemen should face a murder case and must be punished, the SP wrote on its official Twitter handle in Hindi.

Altaaf died by hanging himself in the washroom tap of the police station, the police said. When the police took him to a community health centre at Ashok Nagar in Kasganj, he died after 5 minutes of his treatment, the police said.

In a video widely shared on Twitter, Altaaf’s father said his son was murdered in custody while cops claimed that he hanged himself in a police station washroom with the drawstring of his jacket hood. It is not suicide, it is a police killing and they killed his son, Miya said.

Earlier, a sanitation worker, who was accused of stealing Rs 25 lakh from Jagdishpura police station in Agra, died in police custody after his health deteriorated during interrogation.

Altaaf’s father Chahat Miya claimed that he handed over his son to the police at 8 pm on Monday. His father was also in favour of fair investigation but on Tuesday when he went to see his child, the police didn’t allow him to meet Altaaf and also does misbehave with Altaaf’s father. Later in the evening, he died in police custody. We want justice now, his father said.

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The death of Father Stan Swamy will continue to cast a cloud on India’s human rights record, said UN human rights expert Mary Lawlor. Arrested under the UAPA and in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case in October 2020, Father Swamy, 84, died in a Mumbai hospital on July while his advocate was arguing the Jesuit priest be released on bail.

Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights, said in her statement released on Thursday that defenders of human rights should not be put behind bars under the flimsiest of excuses. She demanded that all others arrested along with Father Swamy be released immediately as others who have been put behind bars without sufficient legal basis.

India has rejected international criticism over the handling of Stan Swamy’s case and has highlighted its commitment to human rights, their promotion and protection. In a terse statement in the face of international condemnation and widespread social media anger at the Modi government, the Ministry of External Affairs said Stan Swamy was arrested and detained by the National Investigation Agency on the back of the specific charges against him and that he had legal recourse and pointed out that the courts had been rejected by the courts, and that the government had nothing to do with it.

Father Stan was arrested on October 8, 2020 by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which alleged that the priest had Maoist connections and was working for the Communist Party of India (Maoist). In his defence, Swamy said evidence against him was fabricated and that he never conspired to foment violence.

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Stan Swamy, who had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease, had been in Taloja Central Jail since October 9, 2020, after his arrest from his Bagaicha residence in Namkum near Ranchi on October 8 by the NIA.

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