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NHRC Issues Notice to Delhi Govt Over Increasing Incidents Of Violence Among Tihar Jail Inmates - (29 Sep 2021)

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National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging increasing incidents of violence among inmates in the Tihar Jail of Delhi. Referring to the case of a 25-year-old prisoner, who was beaten up by a co-prisoner on 22 September 2021, the Commission has observed that such incidents raise a serious issue of human rights violations of the prisoners in the custody of the state.

Tags : NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION   VIOLENCE AMONG TIHAR JAIL INMATES  

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