They Tortured Me because I Am Dalit and Dark: Kerala Woman Who Spoke Out on Custodial Harassment Recounts Horrific Experience

They tortured me because I am Dalit and dark: Kerala woman who spoke out on custodial harassment recounts horrific experience

A police officer began abusing me verbally. It continued all the way from Panayamuttom to Peroorkada — about 22km..custodial abuse, police brutality, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Bindu R, Peroorkada police station, caste discrimination, SC Pulayar community, human rights violation, women's rights, police misconduct, Article 22, Section 43(5) BNSS, Indian Constitution, Supreme Court guidelines, missing gold chain, house help, false accusatio

Kerala Police initiates inquiry into alleged custodial harassment of Dalit woman at Peroorkada police station

While the woman was booked under Section 306 (theft by a clerk or servant) of the BNS, it is now deemed that the accusation was false

Kerala Woman Misbehave Case: The treatment meted out to a Dalit woman in police custody in a false theft case last month has triggered massive protests in Kerala. The woman narrated her ordeal to the media on Monday (May 19, 2025). Following the protest, a sub-inspector was suspended for detaining the woman without any preliminary investigation. According to the Indian Express report, 18 grams of gold was allegedly stolen from a house in Thiruva…

Told Me To Drink From Toilet, Dalit Woman Shares How Kerala Police Harassed Her In Police Station, Cop Suspended

A 39-year-old Dalit woman has accused the Kerala police and the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) of severe harassment after she was wrongfully implicated in a theft case that was later proven baseless. The woman, R Bindhu, who works as a domestic help, recounted the distressing ordeal she faced at the Peroorkada Police Station last month. The employer she worked for had accused her of stealing a gold chain, leading to a night-long police interrogat…

Dalit working woman falsely accused of theft, harassed, denied food during 20-hour custody; SC/ST commission orders probe

A 39-year-old Dalit domestic worker from Kerala, Bindu R, has accused the police at Peroorkada station of wrongful detention, custodial harassment, and denying her basic rights, after she was falsely implicated in a gold theft case. Her ordeal lasted nearly 20 hours—without rest, food, or access to family—until the same family that accused her quietly retrieved the missing gold from their own home. Bindu was taken into custody after a complaint …

Kerala Dalit woman levels serious allegations against police, CMO

The woman alleged that she was mentally tortured over a false case of gold chain theft