3:30 a.m., April 5, 2010, Vadamadurai
33-year-old Senthil Kumar is arrested without an arrest warrant. On being asked for one, the police beat up the person asking. Senthil is taken to the police station, but his parents are not allowed to enter inside. They can hear him screaming – but a policeman tells them the sounds are not from their son. They return home. The next morning, a friend informs them that their son is dead, in a government hospital.
2 a.m. April 16, 2014. Bombay
25-year-old Agnelo Valdaris is dragged out of his grandparent’s house by the police. At the station, he’s thrown into a cell with his friends. They’re accused of robbing a man in the local train. The next morning, Agnelo manages the following message to his father.
“Daddy save me, save me. They have been beating me the whole night. They will kill me, Daddy. These policemen will kill me.”
He was dead the next day. The police claimed he’d been hit by a train while trying to escape.
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