In February 2025, the High Court of Justice in London made headlines when it refused to extradite Sanjay Bhandari, an Indian national facing money laundering and tax evasion charges. The reason? The judges believed that custodial torture in India is not an exception but “commonplace and endemic.” Sending Bhandari back,…
A video from inside the Kunnamkulam police station in Kerala has shocked the state. CCTV cameras caught policemen beating up a Youth Congress worker, sparking anger from the public and politicians alike. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor reacted strongly, calling it “brazen police brutality.” He said police stations were turning into…
In Bihar’s Munger district, what should have been a lawful investigation has instead become another disturbing story of police excess. Earlier this week, officers looking for murder suspects ended up brutalising two men who were not even named in the case. The police had been searching for Sanjay Singh and…
Kerala is once again in the spotlight for alleged police excesses—this time, exposed not by a complaint or a viral video, but through an RTI application. Businessman K P Ouseph recently sought CCTV footage from the Peechi police station in Thrissur. What the cameras revealed was disturbing: Sub-Inspector P M…
