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Outrage mounts over India police custodial deaths

The two men died after allegedly being tortured in police custody, raising calls for justice.

BBC News

I’m only posting this because I haven’t seen anyone else post about it on Tumblr. Recently, two South Indian men, a father and his son- Jeyaraj and Fenix -were taken into custody by the police for keeping their store open for 15 minutes longer than the curfew allowed during the coronavirus lockdown in Tamil Nadu. Instead of a fair trial, these men were tortured to death in their jail cells.

The only action taken against the police officers who did this to them was that they were asked to transfer to other branches and Jeyaraj and Fenix’s family was paid off by the government.

Whilst Bollywood celebrities posted black squares and other images in support of the BLM movement, they refuse to speak about police brutality in their own country. I’m not saying that their support towards BLM is wrong but it comes off as performative when they cheer for change in other countries and stay silent when the same thing happens here.

Police brutality in India against Muslims, dark skinned people and people from poor backgrounds is very common.

They also arrested a Muslim woman who is pregnant, for peacefully protesting CAA NRC.

India jails pregnant student despite Covid-19 risk

Safoora Zargar is among a number of Muslim students and activists jailed during the Covid-19 lockdown.

BBC News

For more information about Jeyaraj and Fenix’s case click on the link below-

TRIGGER WARNING - TORTURE, POLICE BRUTALITY, BLOOD

Bloodied clothes, tortured, discrepancies in FIR: Outcry over Tamil Nadu custodial deaths of father-son duo

P Jayaraj and his son Fenix, arrested for violating lockdown norms over business hours of their shop, died at a hospital in Kovilpatti, with

India Today

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