Mar 31, 1992 | Custodial Death
The report relates to the death of a Bangladeshi youth, Ramzan, in New Seema Puri, a resettlement colony in North-east Delhi. Ramzan and three others were accosted by the local police while they were playing cards in a public lavatory at night. While the others...
Dec 24, 1991 | Custodial Death
On 3rd December 1991, some newspapers reported a death due to beating and torture in the custody of Delhi police, Guru Tegh Bahadur Police Post. The victim, Raghunath, who was a migrant worker from Bihar, was a suspect in a theft case. An enquiry by the Vigilance...
Dec 20, 1991 | Custodial Death
A man is beaten to death in a police station. Two policemen cart his body to be produced before a magistrate. They seat the corpse outside the crowded courtroom, in a true Amitabh Bachan filmy style, and argue with the magistrate that it should be given a 14-day...
Nov 18, 1991 | Custodial Death
The report questions the police version of the death of 27-year-old rickshaw puller Bijeshwar Paswan whom the police claimed to have found in an unconscious state near Radhu Palace Chowk, Preet Vihar. The report traces the disturbing collusion between police, medical...
Aug 23, 1991 | Custodial Death
This report, published in 1991, is about the death of an autorickshaw driver, Shankar Lal, on the 14th of July 1991. This report is based on interviews with the doctors, police officers, SDM and the family of the deceased. Shankar was picked up on the 4th of July by...
Aug 13, 1991 | Custodial Death
Published in August 1991, this report is based on an investigation into the death of 50-year-old Jayram in the custody of Patel Nagar Police Station. He was picked bu on 18th August from his house by four policemen who were looking for his 15-year-old son Manoj,...
