Custody Death

Press Statements

17 Jan 2012
PUDR demands judicial probe in to the custodial death of Pudiyami Mada in Chattisgarh

The custodial killing of an adivasi in newly formed Sukhma District of Chattisgarh is yet another reminder of the lawlessness which prevails in Chattisgarh’s Bastar region.

24 Oct 2011
PUCL and PUDR hold a meeting on The Mystery of Disappearances and Discovery of Mass Graves in Kashmir

PUCL and PUDR organised a meeting on 22 Oct, 2011 on “Enforced Disappearances and Discovery of Mass Graves in Kashmir”. Speakers included Khurram Parvez of International Peoples Tribunal on Kashmir (IPTK) and JKCCS, Paramjeet Kaur Khalra of the Khalra Mission from Punjab, and Supreme Court lawyer Nitya Ramakrishnan, and were presided over by law researcher Usha Ramanatham. Interventions were made by Justice Rajender Sachar, Vrinda Grover, Pushkar Raj and Gautam Navlakha among others.

5 Jun 2009
PUDR statement on Shopian incident in Kashmir

The rape and murder of Asiya Jan and Neelofer Jan by members of the CRPF in Shopian, Kashmir and the subsequent dumping of their bodies in a stream is a horrific crime by any measure, in any society.

Report

18 Dec 2011
A STORY OF ‘SUICIDE’ AND SURVIVAL: Death in the custody of Vijay Vihar Police Station

The newspapers on the 3rd of November 2010 reported a death in the premises of Vijay Vihar P.S. of a 25 year old youth named Vikas. These reports suggested that Vikas had an affair with a woman married to another man. On that specific day Vikas called up police assistance at 100 after he entered into a fight with the husband of the women he reportedly loved. Thereafter Vikas committed suicide inside the police station where he was kept. PUDR‟s team investigated this death.

Letters

26 Apr 2007
Letter to Delhi Police Commissoner on harassment of Ansal Plaza shootout witness

PEOPLE’S UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS

26 April 2007

To,

The Commissioner,

Delhi Police,

New Delhi

Sir,