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UNCAT urges India to abolish torture and  to ratify the UN Convention Against Torture, to enact a
national law against torture and end impunity for the perpetrators of torture.

By Abdul Bari Masoud

New Delhi:  A total of 1,731 persons died in custody in India during 2019 which comprises  almost ve
such deaths daily and most of the victims belong to the poor and marginalised communities including
 Dalit, tribal and Muslim.  This was revealed in the annual report on torture by the rights group United
NGO Campaign Against Torture (UNCAT) which is a platform for action of the NGOs committed to
stamp out torture worldwide.

NCAT  in its “India: Annual Report on Torture 2019” released Friday  on the occasion of the International
Day in Support of Victims of Torture stated that a total of 1,731 persons died in custody during 2019 i.e.
death of about ve persons daily. These included 1,606 deaths in judicial custody and 125 deaths in
police custody.  While during 2018, a total of 1,966 custodial deaths were reported including 147 deaths
in police custody and 1,819 deaths in judicial custody. These gures do not re ect the extent and actual
incidents of custodial death and torture in the country”, warned the report.

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Paritosh Chakma, Director of the NCAT, stated that “Out of the 125 deaths in police custody, 75 persons
or 60% belonged to the poor and marginalised communities. These included 13 victims from Dalit and
tribal communities, 15 victims belonged to Muslim minority community, 37 victims were picked up for
petty crimes such as theft/ burglary/ cheating/ selling of liquor illegally, gambling, etc which indicate
their economic status.

Out of the 125 deaths in police custody, Uttar Pradesh topped with 14 deaths, followed by Tamil Nadu
and Punjab with 11 deaths each; Bihar with 10 deaths; Madhya Pradesh with 9 deaths; Gujarat with 8
deaths; Delhi and Odisha with 7 deaths each; Jharkhand with 6 deaths; Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and
Rajasthan with 5 deaths each; Andhra Pradesh and Haryana with 4 deaths each; Kerala, Karnataka and
West Bengal with 3 deaths each; Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Manipur with 2 deaths each; and
Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana and Tripura with 1 death each.

Out of the 125 deaths, 93 persons (74.4%) died during police custody due to alleged torture/foul play
while 24 persons (19.2%) died under suspicious circumstances in which police claimed they committed
suicide (16 persons), illness (7 persons) and injuries (1 person) while the reasons for the custodial death
of ve (4%) persons were unknown.

Chakma said torture methods include hammering iron nails in body, hitting private parts and applying
chilly power in private parts, urinating in mouth, forcing to perform oral sex etc.

“Torture is perpetrated to extract confession or bribes and torture methods used in 2019 included
hammering iron nails in the body (Gufran Alam and Taslim Ansari of Bihar), applying roller on legs
and burning (Rizwan Asad Pandit of Jammu & Kashmir), ‘falanga’ wherein the soles of the feet are
beaten (Rajkumar of Kerala), stretching legs apart in opposite side (Rajkumar of Kerala), hitting in private
parts (Brijpal Maurya and Lina Narjinari of Haryana), pricking needle into body (3-year-old minor of
Tamil Nadu), beating after stripping (Mohammed Tanveer and Lina Narjinari of Haryana; Minuwara
Begum, Sanuwara and Rumela of Assam),and kicking in belly of pregnant woman (Minuwara Begum
of Assam).” – stated Chakma.

 The other methods of torture included electric shock, pouring petrol   on private parts, beating while
handcuffed, pricking body with needles, branding with a hot iron rod, beating after stripping,  inserting a
hard blunt object into anus, beating after hanging upside down with hands and legs tied, forcing to
perform oral sex, pressing nger nails with pliers,  and beating with iron rods after victim is suspended
between two tables with hands and legs tied.

The Report also underlined the fact that in a number of cases, the police made all attempts to destroy
incriminating evidence of torture by not conducting post-mortems or cremating the dead bodies of the
torture victims in haste without conducting mandatory post-mortem examinations.

The report recorded four such cases including failure to conduct post mortem in the custodial death of a
17-year-old boy (name withheld) from Tamil Nadu; hasty cremation of dead body of Hira Bajania of
Gujarat to destroy evidence of torture as well as denying the families to perform the last rite as per their
community’s custom; cremation of the body of Mangal Das of Tripura forcefully without conducting
post-mortem examination; and hasty cremation of the body of Hanuman Koli of Rajasthan without even
allowing his children to see his face for the last time without conducting post-mortem.

Women continued to be tortured or targeted for sexual violence in custody and often, the victims
belonged to weaker sections of the society. During 2019, death of at least four women during police
custody was reported.

Children remain vulnerable to torture and the NCRB in its “Crime in India – 2018” recorded 3,164
cases of simple hurt and grievous hurt caused by the police on 3,467 minor victims.

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The prisons remained deplorable despite slews of directions given by the Supreme Court of India in
September 2017 to improve living conditions in prisons and a total of 1,606 cases of deaths in judicial
custody were recorded during 2019. Many deaths in judicial custody took place as a result of torture.

“There is absolute impunity to the perpetrators of torture. The National Crime Records Bureau under the
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India in its Crime in India reports from 2005 to 2018 revealed
that with respect to the death of 500 “persons remanded to police custody by court”, 281 cases were
registered, 54 policemen were chargesheeted but not a single policeman was convicted as on date,” added
 Chakma.

The Campaign Against Torture urged India to take measures to abolish torture in India by ratifying the
UN Convention Against Torture, enactment of a national law against torture and end impunity for the
perpetrators of torture.

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10 thoughts on “India records daily ve deaths in custody ; most

victims from Muslim, Dalit and marginalised communities : Report”
Usama Khalidi says:
June 28, 2020 at 5:02 am

This is the world’s conscience speaking, and showing India its ugly face, and the reality to the
world. Gone are the days of civilized, tolerant temperament that Indians possessed for thousands
of years, and shredded the values the freedom ghters had upheld. It’s abhorrent in the extreme to
imagine India and Indians could be so cruel to human beings, despite the dharma, the human
duty, that preaches peace. The world is arrayed against Hindutva and the hatred it spews day in
and day out, shamelessly.

Raftaar says:
July 4, 2020 at 1:56 pm

Kasmir 😂😂 aj tak pandit nahi gaye wahaa hindutwa wa you should know that Majid are free
from government but madil are not jalrikatu is animal cruelity but eid is love women can enter
in balbrhamchar’s temple but not in masjid hindutwa woo i like that

Ra que Mansoori says:

June 28, 2020 at 8:50 am

INDIA IS NO MORE CONSTITUTIONAL FASCISM IS THE MOTTO OF NASTIK RSS

SANGGATHHAN TO LOOT,KILL,BLIND,HANDICAPES,SICK AND POOR AGED MALE FEMALES
AND RAPE FOR ENTERTAINMENTS TO UPLOAD VEDEO FILMS TO ENJOY HISTORICAL
MEMORIES OF RACE.

Bijender Singh says:

June 28, 2020 at 3:13 pm

This is a Shameful pictures of our country. We the people of India can save democracy. Let’s start

Afsana sayyed says:

June 28, 2020 at 9:25 pm

This is horrible to know about my country.while reading this report it brings goosebumps on
body.its very shameful and really brings hatered feeling for law and police.We all together need to
bring back real democracy in India.Be human and keep humanistic approch.God already giving

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7/4/2020 India records daily five deaths in custody ; most victims from Muslim, Dalit and marginalised communities : Report

fruits for our karma.

Zayedul Hoque says:

June 28, 2020 at 10:00 pm

History bears witness about annihilation of many nations in the past. Cruelty, oppression,
injustice, obscenity, arrogance and many other grave sins precipitated their total obliteration from
the surface of the earth. The Indian ruling class and their patronised hooligans committed all the
heinous crimes to deserve the severe divine punishmen, which is not very far.

Newsking24 says:
June 29, 2020 at 3:44 pm

Shame India …… India’s pitcher of sins is full. How much more democracy will they talk about?

Dr. Rahul Kumar says:

June 30, 2020 at 10:36 pm

The torture and killings of members of minority communities has been on the rise in India. By
seeing all gruesome pictures, one can conclude that Indian judicial system has been collapsed. If
the ruling government does not stop it, the time is very near when India will be in the grip of civil
war and social violence

Raftaar says:
July 4, 2020 at 1:59 pm

Lets star from Kashmir hindu ok bro where it all begins

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