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do with the branding. (Indian Express 4.7.04)Day after, another prisoner gets caste tattoo (1)JALANDHAR, JULY 3: A DAY after "yeh chor hai" was branded on the back of a jail inmate inAmritsar, a similar case was reported here, where the name of his caste, 'choorraa", was brandedon an undertrial. While Malkiat Singh alias Teettu has accused the Deputy Jail Superintendentand the jail doctor of Central Jail of branding the word on his back, jail officials claim the prisonerhas hurt himself to blackmail the authorities into giving him drugs. Teettu showed his wound tothe court and held Deputy Superintendent Satpal Singh and doctor Chander Shekhar responsiblewhen he was presented before Judge S.K. Garg in a case of attempt to murder today. Hiscounsel submitted an application, asking for a probe into the case. The court, besides issuing anotice to the state for July 12, ordered that Teettu be examined at the civil hospital, before he issent back to the jail. Teettu told mediapersons that his ordeal began when he demandedmedicine for a "disc problem" last night. "I was taken out of my chakki by the jail superintendentand the doctor. They said I belong to a low caste and so I would not be given any medicine. Theyalso thrashed and tortured me for about half-an-hour and branded this word on my back," hesaid. When contacted the Deputy Jail Superintendent said: "He is a notorious criminal and usedto take drugs. He was being given medicines, as prescribed by a psychiatrist, but he alwaysdemanded more medicines."(Indian Express 4.7.04)7 th JulyShe allegedly beat up Afghan woman, denied her treatment (1)NEW DELHI, JULY 6: FOLLOWING the allegations that an Afghan woman inmate was beatenbadly at Tihar's Jail 6, leading to her death, the jail authorities have suspended a matron, Sunita.It is alleged that the matron had beaten up the inmate named Zohra, then refused her the medicalattention. "The exact cause of death would be ascertained only after the postmortem which wouldbe conducted at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital tomorrow. Since there were allegations thatZohra died after being beaten up, we 'placed the matron under suspension," said Tiharspokesperson, Sunil Gupta. The staff at the jail has also been reshuffled. Gupta claimed that itwas unlikely that Zohra died because of the beating as has been alleged. The alleged incident, hesaid, took place around 10 days ago and Zohra died on Saturday. Zohra died at DDU. It has beenalleged that she had been beaten up by matron Sunita and was refused medical attention.However, Tihar officials said that she had complained of stomach ache on Saturday after whichshe was taken to DDU. (Indian Express 7.7.04)Man dies in custody, police term it suicide (1)NEW DELHI, JULY 6: A 35-year-old man died under mysterious circumstances in police custodyat the Subzi Mandi police station yesterday. Pramod, picked up by the police last evening, wasfound hanging inside the lock-up around 10 pm yesterday. The police said he committed suicide.The police claimed that Pramod, belonging to Sitapur district, UP, was found trying to hide inKamla Nehru Park. He was taken to Hindu Rao hospital. The medical report said that there is"smell of alcohol present," and that there were "no apparent injuries". He was put in the lock-up at9 pm. Around 9:30 pm, power supply went off. Around 10 pm, when Safdar Ali, SHO, SubziMandi, was on a round of the compound, he found Pramod hanging from the grill of the lock-upwith his shirt.He was rushed to Hindu Rao Hospital where he was declared dead. There were noexternal injury marks on the body, the police claimed. The ADM North is conducting an inquest.The police refused to say why Pramod was kept in custody and not let off. Meanwhile, a man whowas picked up by the North district police from Khekra area in Bhagpat district, Uttar Pradesh inconnection with the killing of an exporter in the Timarpur area was allegedly assaulted in custodyat the Inder Lok police post yesterday. Sanjay Jain was the person the exporter was going tomeet in Gopalpur when he was murdered. Jain was reportedly allowed to return to UP when thenews of his alleged torture in custody was leaked. Rajesh Khurana, DCP (North) could not becontacted despite repeated attempts. Other senior officers refused to comment. (Indian Express7.7.04)Agra women’s home a virtual hell-hole (1)
Agra, July 6: A JUDICIAL officer's inspection report has exposed the widespread atrocities andmalpractices prevalent at the state Women's Protection Home here. A driver and a policemanposted at the institution used to allegedly rape and victimise the women inmates. This wasrevealed after an inspection by additional district judge (ADJ) Mohammad Adil, who wascomplying with certain Supreme Court directives. The judge has now. recommended a CBIinquiry His report has been forwarded to the Supreme Court and the National Human Rights.Commission (NHRC). Meanwhile, the district administration on Tuesday recommended thesuspension of Rita Mehrotra, superintendent of the Women Protection Home, on the basis of thejudge's report. "The driver and the guilty policeman are also to be suspended," said NiteswarKumar, district magistrate, Agra. Sources said ADJ Adil visited the Protection Home on June 21.Over a dozen women inmates are housed in the institution. Nabbed for criminal offences —mainly those related to the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act — they are kept at the institutionfor rehabilitation purposes. The inmates complained to ADJ Adil about the policeman and thedriver. They alleged that the two of them used to get drunk and rape them. (Hindustan Times7.7.04)8 th JulyCustody death: Police team sent to fetch parents (1)NEW DELHI, JULY 7. The North Delhi police have sent a team to Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh tofetch the parents of Parmod, who allegedly committed suicide in the Subzi Mandi police stationlockup on Monday night. Meanwhile, Parmod's body has been preserved in the mortuary. Theautopsy would be conducted by a board of doctors after his parents arrive here. In a relateddevelopment, Constable Umesh Rai, who was posted on sentry duty to keep a vigil on the lockup,was suspended on Tuesday. The police said they had earlier informed the Sitapur police toconvey the news about Parmod's death to his family. He was found hanging from the hook abovethe grill gate of the lock-up around 10 p.m. The parents of the deceased are likely to arrive in theCapital by Thursday. On Monday evening, an assistant sub-inspector of Subzi Mandi police hadrounded up Parmod from a park in the area after he was found to be under the influence ofalcohol. After a medical examination, he was brought to Subzi Mandi police station and lodged inthe lockup around 9 p.m. Till 9-30 p.m., Parmod was seen alive. Around 10 p.m., the StationHouse Officer of the police station decided to go for the night patrolling. As he was taking a roundof the police station, he spotted Parmod hanging in the lock-up. (The Hindu 8.7.004)10 th JulyKashmiris protest schoolgirl’s torture (1)Srinagar, July 9: At least, 50 people were injured in clashes with the police in Kashmir's frontiertown of Handwara, 75 km northwest of here, on Friday. Dozens of others, including local humanrights and political activists, were arrested while protesting against the alleged police brutalities.The Handwara police had last week arrested a teenage girl, Hasina Akhtar, from neighbouringZachaldar area accusing her of being involved in the recent killing of a security force official. Thegirl was allegedly severely torched in custody and later admitted to a Srinagar hospital with"serious multiple injuries." Doctors attending on her said Hasina, a student of Class 10, wassuffering from lash wounds, broken-bones, and damaged tendons and muscles. Besides the localresidents and various separatist parties, the Congress has been demanding stern action againstthe area sub-district police officer, Muhammad Altaf Khan, holding him responsible for thedistressing incident. Mr Khan and his seniors in the police deny the charge, but admit Hasina wasdetained for questioning following the reports of her involvement in the killing of the trooper.On Friday, the students of the Handwara Degree College and a high secondary school took to thestreets to protest the "police brutality." (Asian Age 10.7.04)12 th JulyJawan 'assaults' boy, J-K village boils (1)SRINAGAR/HANDWARA, JULY 11: STRUGGLING to calm an angry north Kashmir where a girlwas tortured in police custody, the Mufti Sayeed government is grappling with a new problem: insouth Kashmir, there's public outrage over the sexual assault of a 16-year-old boy, allegedly by aRashtriya Rifles jawan. The boy, Arif Hussain Khan of Check Wangund village, has told police
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