Urgent Appeal Case : The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, concerning the case of torture of an innocent person by the West Bengal state police. The victim in the case, Mr. Babulari Gazi, is a three-wheeler driver. The police arrested Gazi on 7 February 2012 on the suspicion that he was involved with the death of a Border Security Force officer that happened on the same day. It is reported that the police tortured Gazi at the time of arrest and later at the police station. Later the police registered a false case against Gazi and produced him in court. Read More...

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