Kerala Custodial Death

The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the CBI to take over the investigation into a case registered in connection with the alleged custodial death of a farmer in Pathanamthitta district.

The Kerala Police on Monday filed a charge sheet against nine police personnel in connection with the alleged custodial death of a 26-year-old man at nearby Varappuzha last year.

A Kerala court today extended till Friday the police custody of Jolly Joseph and two others in connection with the deaths of six members of a family in Kozhikode.

Suspicion has now arisen over three more deaths linked to Jolly, the woman who is the prime suspect in six mysterious deaths in her family, and who is currently in judicial custody even as reports have surfaced that she was also planning to eliminate two children.

A month after senior Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt was sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1990 custodial death case, his wife met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala today to seek their support in her "fight against injustice".

Two policemen, including a sub-inspector, were arrested on Wednesday over the alleged custodial torture and death of a remand prisoner last month.

The opposition in Kerala walked out of the Assembly today after demanding a judicial probe into the alleged custodial death of a 49-year-old man in Idukki district

The Kerala police had arrested 1,369 protesters and took 717 into preventive custody until Friday morning in the wake of violence that erupted over the entry of two middle-aged women into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. This number includes a couple of CPI(M) workers who were arrested earlier today in connection with the death of a right-win...

"My son has got justice at last," said 67-year old Prabhavathy reacting to the verdict of the CBI special court on Wednesday awarding death sentence to two police officers in connection with her son's custodial death in 2005.

A Special CBI court in Thiruvananthapuram today awarded death sentence to two police officers in connection with the custodial death of a 26-year-old man in 2005.

A special CBI court held five policemen guilty in connection with the custodial death of a man in 2005.

The Kerala cabinet on Wednesday decided to give compensation of Rs 10 lakh and a government job to the wife of 26-year-old Sreejith, who died in police custody in March.

Three policemen have been arrested by Kerala Police for their suspected role in the alleged custodial death of a 26-year-old man in rural Ernakulam.

A 30-year-old man, believed to be mentally disturbed, was taken into custody today for allegedly issuing a death threat to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over phone in Kannur, police said.

On the 768th day of his protest for justice in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram, 29-year-old Sreejith said he will continue his fast unto death till the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) takes over the case of his brother Sreejeev's alleged 'custodial death' in 2014.

The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the CBI to take over the investigation into a case registered in connection with the alleged custodial death of a farmer in Pathanamthitta district.

The Kerala Police on Monday filed a charge sheet against nine police personnel in connection with the alleged custodial death of a 26-year-old man at nearby Varappuzha last year.

A Kerala court today extended till Friday the police custody of Jolly Joseph and two others in connection with the deaths of six members of a family in Kozhikode.

Suspicion has now arisen over three more deaths linked to Jolly, the woman who is the prime suspect in six mysterious deaths in her family, and who is currently in judicial custody even as reports have surfaced that she was also planning to eliminate two children.

A month after senior Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt was sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1990 custodial death case, his wife met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala today to seek their support in her "fight against injustice".

Two policemen, including a sub-inspector, were arrested on Wednesday over the alleged custodial torture and death of a remand prisoner last month.

The opposition in Kerala walked out of the Assembly today after demanding a judicial probe into the alleged custodial death of a 49-year-old man in Idukki district

The Kerala police had arrested 1,369 protesters and took 717 into preventive custody until Friday morning in the wake of violence that erupted over the entry of two middle-aged women into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. This number includes a couple of CPI(M) workers who were arrested earlier today in connection with the death of a right-win...

"My son has got justice at last," said 67-year old Prabhavathy reacting to the verdict of the CBI special court on Wednesday awarding death sentence to two police officers in connection with her son's custodial death in 2005.

A Special CBI court in Thiruvananthapuram today awarded death sentence to two police officers in connection with the custodial death of a 26-year-old man in 2005.

A special CBI court held five policemen guilty in connection with the custodial death of a man in 2005.

The Kerala cabinet on Wednesday decided to give compensation of Rs 10 lakh and a government job to the wife of 26-year-old Sreejith, who died in police custody in March.

Three policemen have been arrested by Kerala Police for their suspected role in the alleged custodial death of a 26-year-old man in rural Ernakulam.

A 30-year-old man, believed to be mentally disturbed, was taken into custody today for allegedly issuing a death threat to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over phone in Kannur, police said.

On the 768th day of his protest for justice in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram, 29-year-old Sreejith said he will continue his fast unto death till the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) takes over the case of his brother Sreejeev's alleged 'custodial death' in 2014.