Professionalism in custodial practices might have allowed Taslim and Gufran to face trial as per due process | The Indian Express

Professionalism in custodial practices might have allowed Taslim and Gufran to face trial as per due process | The Indian Express

Written by Sana Das |Updated: April 2, 2019 9:29:40 am

The writer is an independent consultant on criminal justice reforms.

Professionalism in custodial practices might have allowed Taslim and Gufran to face trial as per due process

Even as Taslim and Gufran join the statistical enumeration of persons who did not survive police contact to appear in court, their deaths remain specific. They signify a much larger problem.

The government of Bihar is in denial that the police are dragging their feet in the matter. (Illustration by CR Sasikumar)

Two young men, Taslim Ansari, 32, and Gufran Alam, 30, died in police custody in Dumra, Sitamarhi district of Bihar on March 7. Nails were allegedly hammered into their thighs, soles and wrists and their legs were broken. Picked up in healthy state on March 6 for investigation in a theft and murder case, both died within less than an hour of reaching the hospital.