Tag: Custodial Death

Noida : Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh Pankhuri Pathak on Friday called for a judicial probe into every death in police custody, saying the state government and the police administration “becoming so uncontrolled” is “extremely worrying and dangerous”. Pathak, the chairperson of the Congress’s social media wing, also claimed that Uttar Pradesh occupies the top spot in the country in terms of custodial killings. Her remarks came after jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s death at a hospital in Banda district of the state on Thursday. Ansari (63) was lodged in the Banda jail...