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Head constables Nani and Ashok surrender in ‘custodial death’ case

Head constables Nani and Ashok surrender in ‘custodial death’ case

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Suspended head constables Nani and Ashok are seen walking into a police station in Vijayawada on Monday. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT Suspended head constables J. Nani and Ashok, attached to the Krishnalanka police station, who were allegedly involved in the wrongful confinement, custodial torture, and death of Gade Sai Krishna, surrendered to the police on Monday (June 29, 2026). The head constables had been missing since the arrest of Circle Inspector S.S.V.V. Nagaraju. They surrendered to the NTR Commissionerate police, who shifted them to the SIT office, where the team head, IGP M. Ravi Prakash, and SPs Adnan Nayeem Asmi and Amit Bardar questioned them until late in the night. The head constables are accused of resorting to custodial torture of Sai Krishna at the Krishnalanka police station, which led to his death. They reportedly assisted Mr. Nagaraju in disposing of the body. SIT officials also grilled a few others, including the friends of Mr. Nagaraju and some outsiders who allegedly had connections with the case. “More arrests are likely to happen soon in the …

SIT detains inspector’s aide in Andhra custodial death case

SIT detains inspector’s aide in Andhra custodial death case

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The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Andhra Pradesh police probing the alleged custodial death of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna at Krishna Lanka police station in Vijayawada detained a close associate of arrested police inspector S S V V Nagaraju on suspicion of playing a key role in disposing of the victim’s body after the incident, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday. SIT detains inspector’s aide in Andhra custodial death case A senior police official familiar with the investigation said the SIT took Suresh, a close friend of Nagaraju, into custody on Friday night. Suresh is believed to have played a key role in shifting Sai Krishna’s body from the police station and cremating it at a burial ground, the official said. “The authorities are presently questioning Suresh to establish the sequence of events that unfolded immediately after the alleged lockup death. After obtaining all the leads in the case, the police will formally arrest him and produce him before the local court,” the official said. Preliminary findings suggest that Suresh extended support to …

Woman cop suspended for ‘custodial torture’ in Odisha faced action earlier too | India News

Woman cop suspended for ‘custodial torture’ in Odisha faced action earlier too | India News

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2 min readBhubaneswarMay 30, 2026 06:15 AM IST A woman inspector of the Odisha police, recently suspended over allegations of custodial torture, was suspended earlier too – twice in six years. She was given a clean chit in one of those instances. The inspector, Sandhyarani Jena, was recently posted at the Talchua Marine police station in coastal Kendrapada district, and was suspended on Wednesday for “gross misconduct and dereliction of duty” after a 55-year-old woman and her 31-year-old son lodged a custodial torture complaint. The mother and son were summoned to the police station by Jena over a domestic dispute case. A departmental probe has also been ordered against Jena’s conduct based on which further action will be initiated against her, officials said. Jena did not respond to calls and messages seeking a comment. According to the complainants, the officer assaulted the 55-year-old and disrobed her. The son was allegedly tortured in police custody, they claimed. This is not the first time the policewoman has faced action. In 2020, when Jena was posted as inspector-in-charge …

Bombay HC orders murder trial for 8 Mumbai cops in 2014 custodial death case

Bombay HC orders murder trial for 8 Mumbai cops in 2014 custodial death case

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A two-judge bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday upheld a 2022 special court order directing that eight police personnel stand trial for murder in the 2014 custodial death of 25-year-old Agnelo Valdaris. The High Court observed, “Prima facie it appears that since Agnello was severally beaten up in the illegal police custody, he had sustained various injuries which were opined as more than 12 hours and 24 to 96 hours old.”It further held that the officers were “involved in this episode” and that there was “no reason to treat the impugned order (of the special court) as illegal or erroneous.” Valdaris and three others, including a minor, were detained by the Wadala Government Railway Police on the night of April 15, 2014, in connection with a theft case. Police had claimed that Valdaris died on April 18 after being hit by a train while allegedly escaping custody around 11 30 am. However, the co-accused later alleged that they had been subjected to physical and sexual assault while in custody.The accused police personnel include …

Sathankulam custodial killing: All nine Policemen given death sentence

Sathankulam custodial killing: All nine Policemen given death sentence

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“The case dates back to June 19, 2020, wherein the accused police officials of Santhankulam PS had wrongfully confined P Jeyraj. His son Benniks, who went to police station to enquire as to why his father was detained was also confined after some altercation,” a spokesperson of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which probed the case, said in a statement. Thereafter, the father and the son were mercilessly beaten and brutally tortured by the accused police officials on the intervening night of June 19 and 20, 2020, the spokesperson said. “Benniks succumbed to injuries on 22nd and Jeyraj on 23rd June. The case was transferred to CBI for fair investigation by the Tamil Nadu government. “After a thorough investigation, CBI filed charge sheet against… 9 accused persons within 90 days,” the spokesperson said. Following a massive public outcry, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court took note of the case. A total of 105 witnesses were examined over five years. Of the initial 10 accused, Special Sub-Inspector Pauldurai died during the trial due …

Kamal Haasan on death sentence to 9 policemen in custodial death case: ‘Personally, I am opposed to death penalty…’

Kamal Haasan on death sentence to 9 policemen in custodial death case: ‘Personally, I am opposed to death penalty…’

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Actor-politician Kamal Haasan has responded to the sentencing of nine policemen to death in the high-profile Sathankulam custodial death case, calling the verdict significant while reiterating his personal opposition to capital punishment. Kamal Haasa called for accountability from those involved in the cover-up and stressed on the suffering of innocent families affected by the actions of the convicted policemen. (PTI) Kamal Hassan reacts to judgement in P Jayaraj J Bennix custodial death case In a strongly worded statement, Kamal said the judgment in the killings of P. Jayaraj and his son J. Bennix was a painful reminder of the brutality they endured. “It is heart-wrenching to even think about the atrocities committed… by those who are supposed to protect the public,” he wrote, condemning the custodial violence that had sparked outrage across the country. The case dates back to June 2020 in Sathankulam town of Thoothukudi district, where Jayaraj and Bennix were arrested by local police for allegedly violating lockdown restrictions during the COVID-19. They were later subjected to severe custodial torture and died days …

Sattankulam Jayaraj-Benicks custodial deaths case: All nine accused policemen convicted

Sattankulam Jayaraj-Benicks custodial deaths case: All nine accused policemen convicted

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The accused police personnel in Sattankulam custodial deaths case being produced before the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on March 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy Nearly six years after trader P. Jayaraj (58) and his son J. Benicks (31) died of custodial torture during COVID-19 lockdown at the Sattankulam Police Station in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday (March 23, 2026) convicted all nine police personnel accused in the case. Judge G. Muthukumaran said he would pronounce the quantum of sentence on March 30 and extended the remand of the convicts till then. The judge found the police personnel guilty of murder and other offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The judge has sought a report on the medical condition of the police personnel. The Superintendent of the Madurai Central Prison was asked to produce the accused before the Medical Board of the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai. The judge sought a report on the last property statements and …

The Sattankulam custodial torture deaths of a father and son in Tamil Nadu | Explained

The Sattankulam custodial torture deaths of a father and son in Tamil Nadu | Explained

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The story so far: Nearly six years after the Sattankulam custodial torture deaths of trader P. Jayaraj and his son J. Benicks, the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai will deliver the verdict in the case on March 23, 2026 (Monday). The horrific crime took place in June 2020 in Sattankulam, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, during the countrywide COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. It shocked civil society and sparked widespread protests. The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court took suo motu cognisance of the crime by the police and passed a slew of directions. The then AIADMK government transferred the probe in the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In all, 10 police personnel were named as accused in the case. One of them died after contracting COVID-19. The CBI has prosecuted nine police personnel. What happened on the day of the incident? On June 19, 2020, Jayaraj, who was in his son Benicks’s mobile phone sales and service showroom, was picked up by the police for allegedly violating COVID-19 lockdown rules. …

Explained: Why HC accepted CBI’s ‘no police torture’ finding in taxi driver’s son custodial death in 2019 | Explained News

Explained: Why HC accepted CBI’s ‘no police torture’ finding in taxi driver’s son custodial death in 2019 | Explained News

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THE BOMBAY High Court recently rejected a plea by family for an investigation into the 2019 custodial death of Sion resident Vijay Singh, a taxi driver’s son, after CBI findings ruled out torture by police and concluded the death was due to a sudden heart attack. On October 27, 2019 night, police stated that 22-year-old Vijay and two friends were brought to Wadala TT Police station following a dispute with a couple near his home during motorcycle parking. The woman claimed Vijay pulled her hand, leading to the clash. The police claimed Vijay was kept in lock-up for brief period, then he complained of chest pain and collapsed, after which he was taken to Sion Hospital, where he was declared dead. What were family’s allegations and prayers? In 2020, his taxi driver father Hriday Narayan Singh and friend Nirmal Singh filed a writ petition alleging death due to police torture and sought FIR against officers and transfer of probe to CBI, claiming Mumbai Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) included cops concerned. The plea cited Ankit …

Gujarat ex-DGP Shabbir Khandwawala acquitted in 50-year-old ‘custodial torture’ case | Ahmedabad News

Gujarat ex-DGP Shabbir Khandwawala acquitted in 50-year-old ‘custodial torture’ case | Ahmedabad News

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Former Director General of Police (DGP) Shabbir Khandwawala, 76, who was Gujarat’s first Muslim police chief, was Tuesday acquitted in a case of custodial torture going back 50 years by the Gujarat High Court on the grounds that the  prosecution had “failed to establish beyond reasonable doubt” the bodily injury to the complainant was inflicted in police custody. In a 164-page judgment delivered Tuesday, Justice Gita Gopi of the Gujarat HC set aside the 2003 judgment that had convicted the 1973-batch IPS officer to five years of rigorous imprisonment handed out by the Additional Sessions Judge of the Fifth Fast Track Court in Junagadh, holding that it was “erroneous and fails in merit”. The State government’s appeal seeking enhancement of the sentence was also dismissed. The trial was carried out on a complaint by one Merag Haja who alleged he was tortured in custody to “extract a confession” that led to him being permanently maimed. Khandwawala, who went on to head the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told …