List of cases of police brutality in India

This is a list of notable cases of police brutality in India. This list also includes events from the British Raj. * 191233319: On 13 April 1919, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place where police killed hundreds. * 1930: On 12 December 1930, Bombay cotton mill worker Babu Genu Said was crushed by a truck at the order of police. He was an active participant in the protests, organized by Indian independence activists against the import of foreign made cloth. His death resulted in a huge wave of anger, strikes, and protests throughout Bombay. * 1980: The Bhagalpur blindings was an incident in 1979 and 1980 in Bhagalpur in the state of Bihar, India when police blinded 31 undertrials (or convicted criminals, according to some versions), by pouring ac

List of cases of police brutality in India

This is a list of notable cases of police brutality in India. This list also includes events from the British Raj. * 191233319: On 13 April 1919, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place where police killed hundreds. * 1930: On 12 December 1930, Bombay cotton mill worker Babu Genu Said was crushed by a truck at the order of police. He was an active participant in the protests, organized by Indian independence activists against the import of foreign made cloth. His death resulted in a huge wave of anger, strikes, and protests throughout Bombay. * 1980: The Bhagalpur blindings was an incident in 1979 and 1980 in Bhagalpur in the state of Bihar, India when police blinded 31 undertrials (or convicted criminals, according to some versions), by pouring ac