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Updated Thursday, June 26, 2008 0:00 am TWN, Reuters

Hundreds die of torture in India every year-report

NEW DELHI -- About four people have died or been killed in police custody every day in India between 2002 and last year, a large number tortured to death, the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) said on Wednesday. An equal number of people are killed in the custody of the army in insurgency-hit areas, many cases go unreported and the guilty go unpunished, the ACHR said in its report, “Torture in India 2008: A State of Denial.”

“Hundreds are killed, dozens are paid compensation but only three to four persons are convicted each year,” Suhas Chakma of the ACHR said on Wednesday. “India is in a worrying state of denial about torture.”

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