Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said as per intimation received about death in police custody, the total cases registered this year upto November 15, is 82 as against 140 in the entire 2013.
Maximum such cases have been reported from Maharashtra amongst all states and union territories since 2013-14, with 18 cases registered this year while in Jammu and Kashmir, no such death under police custody has been recorded since 2012-13.
Rijiju said as per intimation received about death in judicial custody, the total cases registered this year so far is 974 as against 1,577 in 2013.