"custodial-death"

The mother of missing youth Gade Sai Krishna, who allegedly died due to custodial torture in Vijayawada, threatened to immolate herself if her son’s ashes were not handed over. She accused former police inspector SSVV Nagaraju of killing and secretly cremating her son.

A Vijayawada court on Wednesday remanded suspended Krishna Lanka police inspector SSVV Naga Raju to 14 days of judicial remand. He is accused of torturing a 25-year-old man to death in custody and allegedly cremating the body without informing family members

The Andhra Pradesh High Court adjourned a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the custodial death of Gade Sai Krishna after being told that an SIT had been formed earlier and SHO S.S.V.V. Nagaraju had been arrested in the case.

The Andhra Pradesh government has formed a Special Investigation Team led by IG M. Ravi Prakash to investigate the alleged custodial murder of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna. Suspended Circle Inspector Nagaraju faces murder charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has alleged that the custodial death of Gade Sai Krishna and the suicide of Kranti Kumar reflect a dangerous culture of police excesses under the TDP-led government in Andhra Pradesh.

YSR Congress Party chief and former Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has demanded a CBI probe into the alleged custodial death of Gade Sai Krishna at Krishna Lanka Police Station in Vijayawada. He accused senior police officials of negligence, consoled the victim’s family, and insisted that murder charges be filed against those responsible.

The Supreme Court of India issued notice on a CBI appeal challenging the Kerala High Court acquittal of police officials in the 2005 Udayakumar custodial death case, where earlier convictions for murder, conspiracy and torture were overturned

The custodial death of Karle Rajesh, a Dalit youth from Telangana, has triggered political controversy. His family and MRPS leaders allege that police illegally detained and tortured him for five days to implicate former BRS MLA Bollam Mallaiah Yadav in a Chief Minister’s Relief Fund irregularities case.

BRS State General Secretary and former IPS officer RS Praveen Kumar alleged that a 32-year-old Dalit youth was brutally tortured and murdered in police custody at Chilkur Police Station. He visited the bereaved family in Kodad and demanded a second autopsy.

A magistrate tendered its inquiry report in a sealed cover to the Bombay High Court, which was hearing a plea filed by Shinde's father, Anna Shinde, claiming the police had killed his son in a fake encounter

Somnath Vyankat Suryawanshi, 35, was found dead in judicial custody on December 15, barely 72 hours after he was arrested in connection with the violence following the desecration of a statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar there

Menavath Surya from Palem thanda of Chinthapally mandal died while undergoing treatment in the area hospital of Devarakonda.

The panel was dealing with a suo moto case based on a newspaper article which reported the alleged custodial torture and death of Khadeer Khan of Medak

On Saturday, DGP Anjani Kumar directed Inspector General of Police Chandrasekhar to supervise the investigation into the case.

Vijayawada: A man allegedly committed suicide in a police station in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district on Wednesday. Appa Rao (38), who was arrested in a theft case three days ago, was found hanging in the washroom of Bhimadu police station. Relatives of the man alleged that he was tortured by police resulting in his death. […]

Chennai: Two Sub Inspectors of police and a constable were suspended in connection with an alleged custodial death of a physically disabled person in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu. Prabhakaran (45) and his wife Hamsala (32) of Karappur were arrested along with four others by the Senthamangalam police in connection with a theft case on […]

The police officers were V.Maheshwar, Sub-inspector, MA Rasheed Patel and P. Janaiah, both police constable officers.

Speaking to the media, he said Mariyamma's death was sad and in order to give moral support to her family, the Commission visited Kiran.