Overview

• A government report submitted on September 3 to the state assembly records 20 deaths in police lock-ups from August 2023 to August 2025.
• Twelve deaths were linked to health issues, including six from heart attacks, six were recorded as suicides, one person died after falling into a well during an escape attempt, and one cause remains disputed.
• Thirteen cases are still under inquiry, and the seven completed probes did not find fault with police personnel, recording the deaths as natural causes or suicides.
• Limited disciplinary steps were noted, including shifting an SHO and three constables in Jaipur to lines, denying a Sriganganagar constable an increment for a year, suspending an SI in Baran, and issuing notices to constables in Beawar and Dausa.
• The report highlights procedural lapses such as a detainee allegedly using a blanket to hang himself in Beawar’s Jaitaran despite SOPs that bar items that could be misused.