Dec 10, 1993 | Custodial Death
This report published in 1993 is a fact-finding undertaken by PUDR on a custodial death in Kanjhawala police station – a police station with the second lowest crime rate in Delhi. Most of the crime in this police station is settled through negotiation,...
Nov 20, 1993 | Custodial Death
On 16 August 1993, a robbery took place at Ashok Vihar. Vinod was picked up by the police and taken to Basant Gaon. While returning back, police claim that Vinod snatched a police revolver and shot himself. He was taken to AIIMS, where he remained unconscious for 18...
Apr 15, 1993 | Custodial Death
On 3rd March 1993, many national dailies reported the death of 35-year-old Satyavan, a resident of village Jharoda Kalan, Najafgarh, in police custody. PUDR sent a fact-finding team that met family members, the villagers, the new SHO Najafgarh police station, the SDM...
Apr 5, 1993 | Custodial Death
Ashok, 22 years old, belonging to the notorious Bawaria Tribe was picked up from his home by the Jahangirpuri police station on 9 February along with six other relatives, including his mother and sister Vimla. They were subjected to severe torture. Ashok and others...
Aug 11, 1992 | Custodial Death
Bakhtawarpur village in northwest Delhi is situated around four kilometres off the G.T. Road near Alipur. The village houses 8,000 people in a main settlement and one dalit tola. The residents of the tola do not own any land apart from their houses and derive their...
Apr 15, 1992 | Custodial Death
On 18th March 1992, the press reported the death of a youth, Darshan Singh, in police custody. This takes the Death toll to four in the very first three months of 1992. Police picked up Darshan Singh on 10th March along with another youth. While the latter was...
