‘They poured sizzling water, chilli powder on him’: Third case of ‘custodial torture’ emerges in Odisha | India Information
3 min learnBhubaneswarJun 2, 2026 05:35 AM IST
The dying of an individual with disabilities has sparked allegations of custodial torture in Odisha’s Ganjam district, together with his household alleging he was illegally detained, making it the third allegation of police extra within the state up to now week.
The household of 32-year-old Sushant Sahu from Subalaya village claimed he and one other relative, Iswar, have been picked up on Might 25 over a dispute at a stone quarry the place they labored. The household claimed Sahu was stored in police custody for per week.
Police stated in an announcement that the companies of a trainee IPS officer, who was in control of the Kabisuryanagar police station, have been “withdrawn”.
“Whereas Iswar was formally arrested and produced in court docket, Sushant was illegally detained by the police and tortured to dying. They poured sizzling water on him and used crimson chilli powder,” his spouse Mamajini Sahu alleged. His household stated Sahu was disabled in a single leg.
Mamajini stated the household acquired a name at 8.30 pm Sunday asking them to select up her husband. By then, he was already in a severe situation, they claimed.
“When his father and brother objected to taking him dwelling in that situation, the police threatened them and compelled them to signal a clean paper. We referred to as an ambulance and rushed my husband to the closest hospital at Aska. As his situation was severe, medical doctors referred him to MKCG Medical School and Hospital, the place he was declared lifeless at 1.30 am,” Mamajini stated.
She claimed that her husband was wholesome when he was picked up and questioned why he was detained when his title was not talked about within the FIR.
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Bal Gopal Behera, the medical officer at Aska, confirmed that Sahu was in a severe situation when he was dropped at the hospital.
When contacted, Ganjam Superintendent of Police Harisha B C stated that every one allegations in opposition to the police can be independently investigated. “Acceptable motion will likely be taken in opposition to these discovered responsible,” the SP informed The Indian Specific.
The director normal of police (DGP) has additionally ordered the Human Rights Safety Cell (HRPC) of Odisha Police to probe the allegations of custodial torture and unnatural dying.
Two different circumstances of alleged police extra have been reported in Odisha over the previous week. A girl police inspector was suspended final week over allegations of custodial torture of a mom and son in Kendrapada district. Earlier, the inspector-in-charge of Barang police station in Cuttack was faraway from his publish following allegations of assaulting a youth in custody, who’s battling for all times at SCB Medical School in Cuttack.
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In line with a reply by the Union Minister of State for Residence Affairs in March, a minimum of 18 custodial dying circumstances have been registered in Odisha between April 2021 and March 2026, together with 9 in 2025-26.
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