{"id":124697,"date":"2021-08-09T19:26:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T13:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=124697"},"modified":"2021-08-09T19:26:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T13:56:28","slug":"putting-an-end-to-police-brutality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/putting-an-end-to-police-brutality\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting an end to police brutality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/police-brutality-custodial-deaths-ncrb-data-7444764\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance: <\/strong>The article highlights the police brutality &amp; steps to stop the custodial deaths<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: NCRB data have repeatedly shown police brutality, violation of human rights, and even extreme instances of custodial killings.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Some recent examples include:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Death of fruit stall owner in Tamil Nadu<\/li>\n<li>Death of vegetable vendor in UP for violating Covid norm<strong>s<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB): <\/strong>According to NCRB data<\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2017\u2014<\/strong>100 cases of custodial deaths were reported, of which 42 were in police custody.\u00a0 Maharashtra ranked first in custodial deaths, followed by Gujarat and Rajasthan<\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2019\u2014<\/strong>85 cases of custodial deaths were reported, of which no policeman was convicted, although some were arrested and charge-sheeted. Tamil Nadu registered the highest number of cases, followed by Gujarat, Punjab, and Rajasthan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Problem: <\/strong>Although several policemen do get convicted, there are that many who go scot-free \u2014 by manipulating records, intimidating complainants or political patronage.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2e9f1;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/threat-to-human-rights-is-highest-in-police-stations-cji\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Threat to human rights is highest in police stations: CJI\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>Way Forward: <\/strong><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>There is a need to give<strong> strict and prompt punishment to policemen<\/strong> who are found guilty by the senior officers.<\/li>\n<li>Even those police personal <strong>should be punished who remain as spectators<\/strong> when the person in custody is being tortured<\/li>\n<li>Making accountable, the sub-divisional police officers and superintendents of police for any misconduct that happens under their supervision<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2e9f1;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/state-of-prisons-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State of Prisons in India \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Terms to know<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-crime-records-bureau-ncrb\/\">National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Hyperlink BCX0 SCXW71457663\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/custodial-violence-in-india-13th-nov-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined BCX0 SCXW71457663\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW71457663\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Custodial violence<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/narcotics-and-psychotropic-substances-ndps-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Indian Express Relevance: The article highlights the police brutality &amp; steps to stop the custodial deaths Synopsis: NCRB data have repeatedly shown police brutality, violation of human rights, and even extreme instances of custodial killings. \u00a0Some recent examples include: Death of fruit stall owner in Tamil Nadu Death of vegetable vendor in UP for&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/putting-an-end-to-police-brutality\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Putting an end to police brutality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-124697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700787739,"cached_date":1704921867},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}