People’s Union for Democratic Rights “An Inquiry Worth Inquiring Into” To, The Police Commissioner Police Headquarters Delhi Dear Mr. Commissioner, You must be aware of the case of Tinku, the 19 year old boy who was tortured in police custody on the evening of 4th May...
2 August 2003 The Chairperson National Human Rights Commission Sardar Patel Bhawan Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001 Dear Sir It has some to our knowledge that on 16 July 2003 NOIDA police, in violation of Supreme Court norms, illegally detained, tortured and humiliated...
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights To, The Convenor Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons PUDR expresses its solidarity with the ongoing mass protest organized by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in Srinagar to draw attention of the...
C. Venkat Subba Rao was born in Rajahmundry in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on 17 December 1953. It was his passion for literature that drove him towards revolutionary politics. At the age of 13, he wrote his first poem dedicated to Gurujaddo Apparao,...
In July 1989 the news of torture of young chidren was carried out by many newspapers and a Hindi newspaper also demanded a judicial enquiry. The police while ordering an enquiry also denied all allegation. What followed was a massive cover-up operation and...
A PUDR inquiry report on the alleged custodial torture of Basanti Devi, a 34 year old woman sparated from her husband, by the police sub inspector in-charge of the Anand Van police post, Shakarpur, West, Delhi, on the evening of June 30, 1981. Basanti Devi is also the...
