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Women struggle while men die in custody in India’s Uttar Pradesh
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June 14, 2023

“They said they would teach him a lesson. He was taken to a police station where I eventually met him. I signed documents, paid a fine, and drove the auto-rickshaw back home. On 8 February, I again met him at the court where he was produced. On 12 February, we got the news that he was dead.”

Ritwika Mitra

An Indian woman hugs a crying child to her in the shadow of a doorway, outside a man is being threatened by a police officer in front of his vehicle.
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Women struggle while men die in custody in India’s Uttar Pradesh

“They said they would teach him a lesson. He was taken to a police station where I eventually met him. I signed documents, paid a fine, and drove the auto-rickshaw back home. On 8 February, I again met him at the court where he was produced. On 12 February, we got the news that he was dead.”

Ritwika Mitra June 14, 2023

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