NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONTENTS NHRC INDIA CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2 HIGHLIGHTS 4 CHAPTER 3 NHRC: ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS 35 CHAPTER 4 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS 43 A Terrorism and Militancy 43 B Custodial Violence and Torture 44 C Important Illustrative Cases 44 a) Custodial Deaths 44 1) Death of 28 years old Undertrial Prisoner Deepak on 12.08.2015 in the Custody of Tihar Jail, New Delhi (Case No. 4533/30/9/2015-JCD) 44 2) 22 year old Afzal S/o Akbar Khan Commits Suicide by Hanging in District Jail, Gonda, UP due to Negligence of Jail Staff (Case No. 7699/24/33/2015-JCD) 45 3) Death of one Manoj Rana in the Police Custody of P.S. Bindapur, Delhi (Case No. 2929/30/9/2014-AD) 46 4) Death of an Undertrial Prisoner, Kamal Singh, while in the Judicial Custody, in the District Jail, Baikunthpur, Chhattisgarh due to Medical Negligence (Case No. 614/33/10/2013-JCD) 48 b) Unlawful Arrest, Illegal Detention and Torture 5) 49 Illegal Detention and Torture of Complainant’s Nephew Phuleshwar Yadav by Maharashtra Police (Case No. 476/13/16/2012) 49 c) Police High-handedness 51 6) Suicide by a Family due to Police Inaction (Case No. 2981/7/6/2013) 51 7) Death of one Villager Ismail Miah in Firing by BSF in Ram Nagar, Tripura (Case No.19/23/4/2015-PF) 52 Annual Report 2017-2018 i