This marks Senger’s second failed attempt to seek suspension of sentence in the case. A similar plea was dismissed by the Delhi High Court earlier on 7 June 2024.
The 60-yr-old musician's family alleges inadequate medical care. No inquiry yet into circumstances of his death. Human rights groups have been calling for transparency in custodial deaths.
A special court in Mohali earlier this August declared 5 retired Punjab Police personnel guilty in the custodial deaths of 7 young men in staged encounters in 1993.
In Tamil Nadu, there is a pattern of violence in police custody which was highlighted in aftermath of custodial deaths of Jayaraj and Bennix (2020), Vignesh (2022), and now Ajith.
B Ajith Kumar was pronounced dead at the Government Rajaji Hospital Saturday. FIR says he collapsed after an epileptic fit while trying to escape custody during a theft probe.
After the 2017 rape-murder of a 16-year-old girl in Kotkhai, Suraj Singh, a Nepali labourer, was arrested. However, he died under mysterious circumstances while in police custody.
Probing 2017 Kotkhai rape and murder of 16-yr-old, IG Zaidi’s team arrested six men, including Suraj. But on night of 18 July 2017, the Nepali labourer died in custody.
Bombay HC convicted some MP Police personnel of culpable homicide in 2011. Hearing their appeals, SC bench differs on aspects including where the burden of proof lies & testimonies.
Mohsin Radio was picked up by police from his house in Bhopal in June 2015 & died later that month in custody. Court heard 14 witnesses, of which 3 were policemen, 3 doctors.
Akash Singh, a father of 2, was arrested for alleged theft of a bike. Family claims he was booked in false case. SP says no external injuries were found in medical exams.
I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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