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Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh: A 40-year-old Dalit woman, Mala Gangamma, died due to custodial torture by police in Kurnool district, triggering strong outrage and demands for an independent judicial investigation into the Special Investigation Team probe.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, human rights organizations including the Human Rights Forum and Indian Federation of Trade Unions have said that Gangamma succumbed to \u201cbrutal police torture\u201d carried out during questioning by an SIT investigating the disappearance of her son, Virendra.<\/p>\n
The groups said, \u201cHer life was lost due to police barbarism during custody,\u201d and demanded a transparent judicial inquiry into the entire episode. Son\u2019s disappearance case led to SIT probe. The controversy began in November 2024 when Gangamma\u2019s son, Virendra, went missing.<\/p>\n
Following a petition filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court, an SIT led by then Guntur Additional Superintendent of Police K. Supraja was formed. Police later concluded that Gangamma and her associate Malla Durgayya were involved in Virendra\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n
HRF and IFTU have strongly disputed this claim, stating that police used illegal methods during interrogation to force confessions and locate Virendra\u2019s body. A fact-finding team from HRF and IFTU visited Badinehal village and spoke with family members and residents before preparing its report.<\/p>\n
The team, including HRF state vice president U.G. Srinivasulu, Kurnool district president K. Urukundappa, and IFTU representative Narasanna, said that Gangamma and Durgayya were subjected to severe custodial torture. Durgayya, the second accused, is currently undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Kurnool and is said to be in critical condition.<\/p>\n
Activists raised concerns over delays in medical treatment, alleged suppression of injury reports, and the hurried cremation of Gangamma\u2019s body on June 1 in Badinehal. They also questioned the heavy police presence during the last rites, alleging around 20 to 30 personnel were deployed. \u201cAt every stage, from hospital transfer to post-mortem, serious doubts have been raised about police conduct,\u201d the groups said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh: A 40-year-old Dalit woman, Mala Gangamma, died due to custodial torture by police in Kurnool district, triggering strong outrage and demands for an independent judicial investigation into the Special Investigation Team probe. According to Kashmir Media Service, human rights organizations including the Human Rights Forum and Indian Federation of Trade Unions have …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":204128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t