बुधवार, 31 मार्च 2010

Custodial deaths: Maharashtra tops, Gujarat sees rapid growth after 2002

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: Maharashtra tops all states in India in the cases of police custody deaths while Uttar Pradesh is at No. 2 followed by Gujarat – the BJP-ruled state has witnessed rapid growth custodial deaths since 2002, the year of Godhra train burning and pogrom. Since October 1993, the National Human Rights Commission has registered 2318 cases of police custody deaths from across the country. Almost all the cases were registered at complaints of higher district police or civil authority.

Of 2318 cases of custodial deaths in the last 16 years Maharashtra has 316 cases. Others among the top five are Uttar Pradesh (255), Gujarat (190), Bihar (184) and West Bengal (164).



As for Muslims as victims in these cases, Maharashtra has 27 cases, UP 27 Gujarat 29 Bihar 14 and West Bengal 36.

NHRC provided this information to RTI activist Afroz Alam Sahil when he asked in a petition about the custodial deaths since October 1993.

It is interesting to note that of 190 cases of custodial deaths reported from Gujarat in the last 16 years (October 1993-October 2009), 163 cases were registered from 2002 onward. Also, of 29 cases involving Muslims as victims, 19 are from 2002 onward. See the table.

State

Custodial
deaths

Cases of
Muslims as victims

Andhra Pradesh

160

5

Arunachal Pradesh

6

0

Assam

158

35

Bihar

184

14

Goa

8

1

Gujarat

190

29

Haryana

60

2

Himachal Pradesh

9

0

J&K

12

4

Karnataka

99

11

Kerala

62

7

Madhya Pradesh

102

4

Maharashtra

316

27

Manipur

9

0

Meghalaya

23

1

Mizoram

1

0

Nagaland

7

0

Orissa

40

0

Punjab

114

1

Rajasthan

73

4

Tamil Nadu

134

5

Tripura

12

0

Uttar Pradesh

255

27

West Bengal

164

36

Andaman & Nic

1

0

Chandigarh

4

0

Dadar & N H

1

0

Delhi

73

11

Lakshadeep

1

0

Poducherry

5

0

Chhattisgarh

35

1

Jharkhand

35

6

Uttarakhand

16

2

In fake police encounter cases in the last 16 years, Uttar Pradesh is on top 716 fake encounter cases registered at National Human Rights Commission. No other state in the country has entered three-digit figure. While at No. 2 in fake encounter cases, Bihar with 184 custodial deaths is at No. 4.

The 51-page document detailing fake encounter cases registered at NHRC between October 1993 and October 2009 was also accessed by RTI activist Afroz who recently hit headlines after he secured post-mortem report of Batla House encounter victims.

See the table of fake encounters.

State

Fake
encounters

Cases of
Muslims as victims

Andhra Pradesh

73

2

Assam

11

0

Bihar

79

4

Gujarat

20

12

Haryana

18

3

J&K

18

9

Karnataka

10

3

Madhya Pradesh

36

5

Maharashtra

61

16

Manipur

18

3

Orissa

3

0

Punjab

31

0

Rajasthan

11

1

Tamil Nadu

24

0

Tripura

4

0

Uttar Pradesh

716

131

West Bengal

8

0

Andaman & Nic

1

0

Delhi

22

8

Chhattisgarh

6

1

Jharkhand

21

5

Uttarakhand

29

9

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