New Delhi, July 27, 2022 (PPI-OT):As many as 4,484 deaths in police custody were reported and 233 in police operations in the past two years in India and occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Home Ministry has informed Lok Sabha. Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai while providing state-wise data for custodial deaths, said Uttar Pradesh reported the maximum cases, followed by West Bengal, in both years.

While Uttar Pradesh reported a total of 952 cases (451 in 2020 and 501 in 2021) in the past two years, Bengal registered 442 (185 in 2020 and 257 in 2021) during this period. With 396 cases, Bihar reported the third highest custodial deaths in two years (159 in 2020 and 237 in 2021), Rai said in a written response to questions by Indian Union Muslim League MP Abdussamad Samadani.

Overall, 1,940 cases of custodial deaths were registered in 2020 and 2,544 in 2021, he added, as per the report. As per the Minister, IIOJK witnessed five custodial deaths in 2020 and 50 in 2021. However, the actual number of such deaths in the occupied territory is far more than reported.

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