: 5,221 persons died in judicial custody in past three years, says Centre #IndiaNEWS As many as 5,221 people died in judicial custody in India in the past three years, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed

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5,221 persons died in judicial custody in past three years, says Centre #IndiaNEWS
As many as 5,221 people died in judicial custody in India in the past three years, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The ministry added that348 people died in police custody.Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai made this statement while replying to a question by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ramkumar Verma.Uttar Pradesh recorded the most deaths in judicial custody (1,295), followed by Madhya Pradesh (441), West Bengal (407) and Bihar (375).Gujarat recorded the most deaths in police custody (42), followed by Madhya Pradesh (34), Maharashtra (27) and Uttar Pradesh (23).Overall, 1,940 custodial deaths were reported in 2020-2021, while there were 1,696 deaths in 2019-2020 and 1,933 deaths in 2018-2019.In reply to a separate question on Wednesday, Rai dismissed reports of increasing deaths in police custody. “No such increasing trend has been noticed,� he said.The minister also noted that police and prisons are state subjects under the Constitution. Curbing such deaths is the responsibility of the state governments, he added.“Pursuant to the guidelines issued by the NHRC [National Human Rights Commission] every death in custody, police or judicial, natural or otherwise, is to be reported to the Commission within 24 hours of its occurrence,� Rai stated in his reply. He added: “If an enquiry by the Commission...Read more

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