The Congress in Chhattisgarh expelled 12 persons for six years for their involvement in anti-party activities, an official communiqué said on Friday.
The order was issued during a review meeting in Mahasamund district.
Those expelled included Block Councillor Devesh Nishad, Councillor Tarun
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The number of cases being closed citing lack of evidence are increasing, yet remain an underestimate, say experts, given the trust deficit that discourages people from registering complaints in the first place.
UP: Family Awaits Compensation, Struggles to Get By After Losing Son to Police Torture
Faisal Husain, a vegetable vendor in Unnao district, passed away after being beaten up by the police for allegedly violating lockdown rules.
Faisal Husain. Photo: Special arrangement
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New Delhi: Faisal Husain, a vegetable vendor in Uttar Pradeshâs Unnao, died less than an hour after being brutally beaten by the Bangarmau police for violating lockdown curfew on Friday (May 21). His mother, Naseema Bano, is unable to speak even two days after his death. âMy sonâ¦â she says, and starts crying over the phone. Faisal would have turned 20 in August this year, she manages to say.
Nodeep Kaur case | NHRC seeks report from Haryana Police
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Activists seek intervention for co-accused Shiv Kumar, who is still in jail.
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Activists seek intervention for co-accused Shiv Kumar, who is still in jail. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Haryana Police for a report on a complaint that labour activist Nodeep Kaur, who was arrested on January 12 after a stir to demand workers’ wages in Kundli, was harassed and tortured in custody.
The Sonipat Superintendent of Police (SP) was on February 18 given four weeks to respond, according to the proceedings. Ms. Kaur was released on bail on February 26. According to the complaint, “the victim who is a social activist was illegally arrested in a false complaint, was harassed, sexually assaulted in the police custody, and was subjected to police torture”.