Gujarat records highest number of custodial deaths three times in a rowAccording to the NCRB report, 14 people (who were not on remand) died in police custody/ lock-up in 2022 compared to three deaths recorded ...
06 Dec, 2023, 08.09 PM IST
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi shifted to Delhi's Mandoli jailJailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was brought to Delhi's Mandoli Prison from a Gujarat jail in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. ...
25 May, 2023, 11.11 AM IST
Custodial Death Case: SC declines Sanjiv Bhatt's plea seeking recusal of Justice MR ShahThe Supreme Court on Wednesday declined a plea by sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking the recusal of Justice M R Shah from hearing his ...
10 May, 2023, 12.58 PM IST
Supreme Court adjourns hearing on Sanjiv Bhatt's plea seeking suspension of sentence in custodial death caseHowever, the apex court which posted the next hearing on August 3, 2022, expressed its displeasure over frequent adjournments in the case f...
27 Jul, 2022, 06.43 PM IST
Teesta Setalvad, Sreekumar sent in judicial remand, cops do not seek further custody"The investigation officer did not ask for any further custody. They were hence sent in 14-day judicial custody," prosecutor Patel said. Sr...
02 Jul, 2022, 05.12 PM IST
Journalists should not be jailed for 'what they write, tweet and say': UN spokesperson on Zubair's arrestZubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday over an "objectionable tweet" he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity.
29 Jun, 2022, 11.25 AM IST
ATS DIG-led SIT to probe case against Setalvad and two ex-IPS officers booked for fabricating evidenceThe SIT will be headed by Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) Deepan Bhadran and will have Deputy Commissi...
26 Jun, 2022, 07.49 PM IST
Custodial deaths spark national ire, no FIR yetCondemnation of police for the deaths of P Jayaraj and his son J Beniks in judicial custody dominated social media and more complaints of p...
28 Jun, 2020, 09.15 AM IST
Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt sentenced to life in 30-year old custodial death caseThe case was related to a communal riot when Bhatt detained more than a hundred people and one of the detainees died in hospital upon his r...
20 Jun, 2019, 01.02 PM IST
16 High Courts initiated suo motu PILs on custodial deaths: Supreme CourtThe top court had on September 15 observed that custodial death was a crime and such incidents indicate the "apparent disdain" of the state...
27 Dec, 2017, 03.14 PM IST
Gujarat: One dead in firing after mob attacks police station in DahodThe trigger behind the violence was the death of man involved in a dacoity case. Locals allege the man died due to police assault during in...
27 Oct, 2017, 01.21 PM IST
Three in four death row convicts from vulnerable sections: ReportThe ‘Death Penalty India Report’, released in Delhi on Friday, does not allege direct discrimination against prisoners from such background.
07 May, 2016, 04.11 PM IST
61 custodial deaths in Gujarat in 2011-12: State Human Rights CommissionOf the total deaths in police or judicial custody, 51 were cases of natural deaths, while seven were suicides and three were unnatural or d...
26 Mar, 2016, 10.42 AM IST
Gujarat quota row: Hardik to start meeting Patel MLAs from tomorrowHardik Patel, leader of the Patel quota agitation in Gujarat, today said he will start meeting MLAs of his community from tomorrow.
03 Sep, 2015, 03.55 PM IST
Patel quota row: 9 policemen booked in alleged custodial deathHardik Patel, who is leading the agitation by Patel community for reservation under OBC quota, today said he is likely to attend funeral of...
29 Aug, 2015, 10.05 PM IST
Gujarat HC orders CID probe in custodial death of member of Patel communityThe Gujarat High Court today ordered a CID probe in a case of custodial death of a 32-year- old man of Patel community during quota violenc...
28 Aug, 2015, 03.03 PM IST
- Nine Gujarat cops booked in custodial death case
Nine policemen have been booked in connection with a case of an alleged custodial death of a thief here, police said on Friday.
10 May, 2013, 03.54 PM IST