Assam: Bordumsa mob protests alleged police torture, officer suspended

“They killed my son because we are Muslims”: UP family alleges police brutality drove Muslim youth to suicide

The family of 18-year-old Salmaan, a resident of Myuri Khurd village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly’s Bhuta area, has accused the local police of driving him to suicide through repeated harassment and physical assault. Salmaan’s father, Ashfaq, claimed his son was targeted because of their Muslim identity, alleging that police tortured him and threatened to send him to “kala pani” (a colonial-era term for severe imprisonment). The incident has spar…

Assam: Bordumsa mob protests alleged police torture, officer suspended

Digboi: A furious mob in Bordumsa, Tinsukia district, Assam, staged a strong protest against Bordumsa Police, alleging the brutal torture of an innocent youth in a manner likened to the inhuman barbarism of the Taliban. Aggrieved agitators, chanting anti-government slogans outside the Bordumsa police station, claimed that police brutally assaulted a youth named Jayanta Moran […] The post Assam: Bordumsa mob protests alleged police torture, offic…

Assam: Five police personnel suspended over custodial brutality in Bordumsa

Tinsukia, May 4: Five police and commando personnel have been suspended, and the Officer-in-Charge of Bordumsa Police Station in Tinsukia district has been transferred and closed on reserve lines on charges of allegations of custodial torture. The action follows massive public protests after a youth from Mohong village, identified as Sanjeev Moran, was allegedly brutally assaulted in police custody on May 3. According to reports, Moran was summo…