May 15, 1999 | Communalism, Custodial Death
The report is based on PUDR’s investigation into the death of twenty-year-old Raziuddin in Tihar Jail. Raziuddin, a B.Sc. from Jamia Milia Islamia and also a Diploma in Computer Science and Architecture was falsely implicated by the Crime Branch of Delhi under the...
Mar 25, 1999 | Custodial Death, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Anil, a resident of Sonia Vihar who was disabled and the sole breadwinner of a large family, was shot dead by a constable on the day of Holi, 2nd March 1999. Although the constable was suspended and sent to the district police line, since the incident did not occur...
Sep 21, 1997 | Custodial Death
The sixth custodial death of the year 1997 is an improbable story of suicide again. Booked for a seemingly petty offence at Old Delhi Railway Station Police Station, why would Ramesh, who according to the police is a bad character, commit suicide within a matter of...
Aug 21, 1996 | Custodial Death
The report starts with the death of the 19-year-old Jhuggi Dweller, Dilip who had reportedly gone to relieve himself in a nearby park in Ashok Vihar and was harassed to death by policemen present in the park. Four other jhuggi residents died and 16 were injured in the...
Aug 13, 1996 | Custodial Death
On July 15, 1996, a newspaper reported the death of an undertrial, Yasin Ahmed, under “mysterious circumstance”. He had been in jail for slightly under three months. PUDR team conducted a fact-finding investigation and met jail officials, Yasin’s...
Mar 26, 1996 | Custodial Death
This report published in 1996 is about the custodial death at the ISBT Police Station of 20-year-old Ravinder. Ravinder had arrived in Delhi on 24 February, 1996 looking for work. His parents, residents of Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh were informed at 7 pm of his death....
