Tag: custodial death
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Custodial Deaths and Police Accountability: Supreme Court Sets a New Benchmark for CBI Inquiries
The issue of custodial deaths remains one of the worst cases of governmental accountability. In case when a citizen dies under custody of law enforcement officers, the government needs to find out the truth behind the death and punish the guilty party for the crime. However, the process of bringing justice proves to be particularly ... -
Custodial deaths of father-son disrupts TN
The duo was arrested in southern Tamil Nadu for violating lockdown restrictions and later died in police custody. When 58-year-old Jayarajan and his 31-year-old son Bennix were picked by the police in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu on June 19, little did they know that their lives would abruptly end just days later. The father-son ...

