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Gujarat: 15 days after he landed in hospital following 'police brutality', 17-year-old Botad teenager discharged

September 17, 2025 1:05 am

The boy had to undergo multiple rounds of dialysis at the private hospital in Ahmedabad; his family had alleged that he was illegally confined and brutally thrashed for days by four constables after he was accused of theft

Gen Z leads Kenya’s 'Saba Saba March' against tax hikes and police brutality

July 14, 2025 10:41 am

On July 7 every year, Kenyans honor the pro-democracy uprising of 1990. However, this year’s protests over heightened taxes and corruption were met with live ammunition, mass arrests, and shoot-on-sight orders.

An official in Budaun said that the head constable who is said to have taken the deceased to the outpost has been sent to the police lines.

Man summoned for questioning dies after 'torture' at police outpost in UP's Budaun, inquiry ordered

February 24, 2025 12:23 pm

The 45-year-old man's son alleged that his father died by suicide after the police officers at the outpost beat him up.

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‘She dragged me by the hair, kicked me’: Video shows Dalit woman, grandson being assaulted at police station in Madhya Pradesh; 6 cops suspended

August 31, 2024 3:27 pm

The complaint also alleged that four police constables “caught hold of my grandson and hit him on his legs several times with a wooden stick”.

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Vadodara vendor ‘assaulted’ by cops, probe initiated

May 02, 2024 8:36 am

The vendor, identified as Mohamman Faizan Amiruddin Shaikh, 26, is currently admitted in a private hospital following the alleged assault, police said.

Man dies after late-night questioning in Bulandshahr: Officials say it was cardiac arrest, kin allege police brutality

November 10, 2023 7:11 pm

Speaking to the media, his family alleged he died because of police brutality. Police, however, said he was only questioned about the other suspects in the village and died from a cardiac arrest.

Outrage in South Africa over video of armed police officers stomping on man's head

July 04, 2023 3:40 pm

The police protection unit is known in South Africa as the “blue light brigade” and has a reputation for using unnecessary force.

Junagadh ‘flogging’: Gujarat HC issues notice in petition alleging custodial violence

June 29, 2023 4:33 am

The petition says four juveniles and six adults had complained of custodial violence and torture when they were produced before the magistrate court but these applications were later withdrawn, allegedly due to police pressure.

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Youths allege beaten up in custody; 2 police personnel suspended

June 23, 2023 1:25 am

Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) Rahul Rathva and Police station officer (PSO) Jayshreeben were suspended by Valsad district police chief Dr Rajendrasinh Jala on Thursday. The ASI had allegedly beaten three youths in police custody after the PSO allegedly gave him the keys to the lockup.

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May 18, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Unmet Targets

May 17, 2023 9:57 pm

The Planning Commission, it is understood, is in a serious dilemma over the question of bringing out the midterm appraisal of the Sixth Plan, despite assurance to this effect to Parliament.