Category
Police violence and custodial deaths
Deaths and torture in police custody, police firing on protesters, and the inquiries and court cases that followed.
Events
West Bengal · Feb 2022Anis Khan death protests, BengalStudent activist's death in Amta sparked Kolkata protests; SIT charged 5 police, no CBIAssam · Sep 2021Darrang eviction firing, Dhalpur 2021Police fire on Sipajhar eviction protest kills two, including a 12-year-old boyTamil Nadu · Jun 2020Sathankulam custodial deaths, 2020Father and son die after police custody; protests, CBI case, 9 police sentenced to deathTelangana · Nov-Dec 2019Hyderabad vet case and the 2019 encounterProtests over a vet's rape-murder; police killed 4 accused in an encounter ruled stagedDelhi · Nov 2019Delhi Police protest at ITO, Nov 2019Tis Hazari clash, an 11-hour police protest, lawyers' strike and the Garg inquiryJammu and Kashmir · Aug 2019-2020Article 370: Kashmir lockdown and protestsSpecial status revoked, 18-month internet curbs, mass detentions and a statehood fightTamil Nadu · May 2018Thoothukudi anti-Sterlite firingPolice fire on 100th-day march kill 13; Sterlite plant shut for goodJammu and Uttar Pradesh · Apr 2018Kathua and Unnao rape case protestsMidnight march, pro-accused rallies, ministers quit, death penalty lawMaharashtra · Jan 2018Bhima Koregaon violence and Elgar caseClashes at a Dalit memorial, a statewide bandh, then a UAPA case against 16 activistsUttar Pradesh · Sep 2017BHU women students' protest 2017Harassment complaint, night lathicharge, inquiries and the VC's leave at BHUHaryana · Aug 2017Dera verdict violence, Panchkula 201736-41 died after Ram Rahim's rape verdict; no rioter convicted by 2025Madhya Pradesh · Jun 2017Mandsaur farmers' firingPolice fire kills 5 farmers at Pipliya Mandi; a 6th dies; probe clears policeTamil Nadu · Jan 2017Jallikattu protests at the MarinaLeaderless youth protest won a jallikattu law; 23 Jan eviction ended in arsonKashmir · Apr 2017Srinagar by-poll firing and human shield8 killed at a 7% turnout poll, a man tied to an Army jeep, a social media banRajasthan · Jul 2017Anandpal Singh encounter protestsRajput rally over a gangster's killing turns violent; CBI probe, court fightKashmir · Jul-Dec 2016Kashmir unrest after Burhan Wani, 201651-day curfew, 133-day shutdown, pellet blindings and a disputed toll of 51 to 158 deadUttar Pradesh · Jun 2016Jawahar Bagh clash, MathuraArmed occupiers fired on police clearing a Mathura park; 29 died. CBI trial goes on.Punjab · Oct 2015Bargari sacrilege and Behbal Kalan firingTwo protesters killed in 2015 police firing; 11 years on, no convictions in any case