Custodial Torture-Urgent Need For SC To Ensure CCTV Installation In Police Stations Admin Wed, Nov 17, 2021, at ,01:09 PM The hugely successful Tamil movie "Jai Bhim" has brought much needed public attention to the troubling topic of police brutality. While the social media was abuzz with the discussions on the topic of police violence, an unfortunate news about the custodial death of a youth named Altaf in Kasganj police station in Uttar Pradesh emerged. The family of Altaf have raised doubts about the police version that Altaf was found dead in the washroom with a string tied around his neck and hung from a water-pipe and have demanded a CBI probe. Apart from the cases of custodial deaths which make news often, there are instances of torture and inhuman treatment by police, many of them going unreported. Recently, the Kerala High Court came down heavily on police officers for handcuffing and chaining a man to the handrail of the police station for merely seeking a receipt of a complaint he had filed earlier Attachments area