Two Muslims beaten to death in police custody

2019-03-05

Main Information

  • Victim Names Mohammad Tasleem, Mohammad Gufran
  • Date of Incident 2019-03-05
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Unknown
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Chandra Bhushan Singh, and 7 other police officers
  • State Bihar
  • City/District Sitamarhi, Dumra
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Dumra
  • Perpetrator Organization Police / Investigating agency
  • Place of incident N/A

In the Sitamarhi region of Bihar, two Muslim men who had been arrested for interrogation in relation to their alleged involvement in a robbery and murder case last month were tortured and physically assaulted in police custody. The two were apprehended by Sitamarhi's Runnisaidpur police on March 5. They were held at Dumra station where they were tortured to death. The victims died within 20 hours of being imprisoned by the police. All eight of the police officers who were suspended for the murder's involvement have vanished.