New York, 21th Nov 2008: Human Rights Activists in India say Torture is still rampant in India. Recently in Bihar's Navada district the police went rampant in beating a temple priest and the men in the neighborhood region. The perpetrators were no ordinary criminals but members of the police force. The Additional General of Police in Bihar Anil Sinha confirmed the rampage done by the police and a few are facing criminal charges.
Activists have always indicated that torture is not only rampant in the state of Bihar but in India. The brutality of the police in Punjab still continues. This situation is faced by all minorities in large numbers, namely the Sikhs the Dalits, the tribals and the Muslims.
Meenakshi Ganguly of Human Rights Watch rightedly says that nearly every police station in India can be held guilty of torture. India has no clear law on torture. The country signed the UN Convention on Torture in 1997, but even 10 years later, it has not ratified it. The perpetrators are emboldened by "No Action" taken by authorities as authorized by the high-commands and the victims continue living with trauma and most of the perpetrators get away. By India not ratifying the treaty, the perpetrators are emboldened, as no external body can tether them and try them.
See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7689491.stm
Gurpreet Singh
Voices For Freedom
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