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14/09/22 06:12 AM IST

Story in numbers: 5 people die in judicial custody every day, shows data

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  • According to the latest NHRC data, at least 17,146 people were reported to have died in judicial/police custody – nearly five per day, on average – in cases registered in the decade up to March 2020.
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  • The least 17,146 people were reported to have died in judicial/police custody - nearly five per day, on average - in cases registered in the decade up to March 2020.
  • Between January-July 2020, the NHRC reported 914 deaths in custody - 53 of these in police detention.
  • The latest NCRB data relates to two categories: the first category includes persons not on remand.
  • They are not arrested but yet to be produced before court. The second category includes persons in remand, which means those in police/judicial remand.
Source- Business Standard 

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