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Indian Express
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
Days after revocation of suspension, former Bengaluru police chief B Dayananda to head prisons
Former Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda has been appointed as Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) for Prisons, three days after his suspension was lifted. The posting came with immediate effect on Thursday, filling the vacancy left by retiring Director General of Police (Prisons) Malini Krishnamoorthy. Dayananda was supposed to get promoted as DGP, but as the departmental inquiry is pending over the June 4 Bengaluru stampede, he will continue as ADGP. The Karnataka government Thursday also lifted the suspension of Vikash Kumar Vikash, former Additional Commissioner of Police (West), who was responsible for stadium security during the stampede incident. Unlike other officers whose suspensions were revoked Monday, Vikash's case was delayed due to a pending Karnataka High Court inquiry. Vikash had successfully challenged his suspension at the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which ruled in his favour and suggested similar relief for other suspended officers. The government has appealed this CAT decision in the high court, where proceedings continue. Shekhar H Tekkannavar, previously Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central), has been reassigned as Superintendent of Police, Intelligence, Bengaluru. Additionally, suspensions were lifted for C Balakrishna, former Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cubbon Park subdivision), and A K Girish, former Cubbon Park police station inspector, though their new postings remain undetermined. The suspensions were imposed immediately after the stampede at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, where celebrations were held following Royal Challengers Bengaluru's maiden IPL title victory. The government's suspension order cited 'substantial dereliction of duty' that caused 'misery, loss of precious life and embarrassment for the government.' The government had blamed the police for 'failing' to implement adequate safety measures for the celebrations and for 'not providing' sufficient public information for necessary precautionary steps.
Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
Harrowing final words of tortured prisoner executed in 'human slaughter house'
Warning: Distressing content. Thousands of people died inside Bashar Al-Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' prisons in Syria - and one man's harrowing final words were documented by a guard The conditions inside Bashar Al-Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' prisons in Syria were beyond most people's worst nightmares. Thousands of people died inside them, or vanished - but everyone incarcerated within them suffered. Torture was a daily horror, not just in the much-dreaded interrogations, but in the conditions within which the prisoners were held in such close proximity that some are even said to have suffered psychosis from oxygen deprivation. When his oppressive regime was finally overthrown, relatives of those who had been imprisoned flooded into the facilities, desperate for answers about where their loved ones had gone, and footage was recorded of families searching frantically through debris for any clue of their fates. Brit wife of exiled Syria dictator Bashar Al-Assad 'barred from UK' amid cancer battle Qatar Airways resumes flights to Syria after 13 year break due to civil war Prisoners were fed like animals from large pails, and lived in such cramped conditions that guards revealed it was not possible to see the floor. At the Air Force Intelligence branch in Harasta, conditions could not have been more hellish. The once-second-in-command of the facility, Colonel Zain, hauntingly admitted: "The place I worked in was very famous for its bloody practices and the number of detainees held there. We would pack 400 detainees in a room that was eight by ten metres. "You wouldn't set eyes on the floor when you entered; bodies of detainees blanketed it. The screams emanating from the interrogation room situated directly below my office were no secret. It was common knowledge how we conducted our interrogations. "The temperature was around 40 degrees, because it was so crowded. We saw strange cases of disease amongst prisoners, I think, due to oxygen deficiency because of overcrowding. These psychotic episodes soon turned into physical symptoms," he said to BBC Two's documentary Surviving Syria's Prisons. It has been estimated by Amnesty International that 13000 people died in these nightmare slaughterhouse prisons in just the first four years after the Arab Spring in 2011, which, after a brief hope it might bring better times, swiftly turned into a hellish civil conflict, with protests in Damascus put down ruthlessly. Inside these prisons, guards tortured - often entirely false - confessions from prisoners, threw execution parties, and were even told to "bury them alive". Hussam, another guard and former military policeman, told the BBC of the haunting last words of a prisoner who faced execution, and the extensive torture they inflicted on prisoners. "Our superiors would say, 'Torture them, don't let them sleep at night. Throw them a party... put them in a grave if you want to, bury them alive'. "When they'd call me to go and torture them, the prisoners would go back to their cells bloody and exhausted. On Wednesday mornings, we'd have an 'execution party'. Our role during executions was to place the rope on the prisoner - only an officer could push the chair." He continued, "One time, the chair was pushed, but after 22 minutes he didn't die. So I grabbed him and pulled him downwards, so another guard who was bigger and stronger said, 'go I will do it.' Before he died he said one thing: 'I'm going to tell God what you did'." An army nurse revealed in the documentary that they were not allowed to record the real causes of death, whether that was extensive torture or execution. "It was forbidden to record the cause of death as torture. Even those killed from gunshots were recorded as heart and respiratory failure." Over 130 mass grave sites have so far been discovered in Syria, with families facing the distressing prospect of struggling to identfiy their loved ones amongst the countless dead.
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First Post
22-07-2025
- Politics
- First Post
Sexual abuse, daily beatings, rotten food: Venezuela probes alleged torture of migrants in El Salvador
Last week, the US released 250 Venezuelan immigrants from the notorious El Salvador jail in exchange for 10 American prisoners who were held in Venezuela. The migrants were detained in jail since March as part of President Donald Trump's swift deportation drive read more Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the US government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvador. These deportations have led to a standoff between a US federal judge and Donald Trump. Reuters Migrants who were housed at the El Salvador prison in the US underwent human rights abuses, Venezuela claimed on Tuesday, as the country launched a formal investigation into the reported tortures. Last week, the US released 250 Venezuelan immigrants from the notorious El Salvador jail in exchange for 10 American prisoners who were held in Venezuela. The migrants were detained in jail since March as part of President Donald Trump's swift deportation drive. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab said that the migrants were subjected to 'systemic torture' inside the Salvadorian prison, which included instances of sexual abuse, daily beatings and serving of rotten prison food. During a press conference, Saab shared testimonies and images that appeared to show detainees with injuries, including bruises and missing teeth. The attorney general said that the country will be probing El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, Justice Minister Gustavo Villatoro and Head of Prisons Osiris Luna Meza over the alleged torture of its citizens. Meanwhile, Venezuela is currently under investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague over allegations similar to those it is making against El Salvador, including the torture of prisoners and the denial of legal representation. How many Venezuelans have been deported? The United States had sent a group of 252 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March to be locked up in its feared CECOT 'anti-terrorism' jail, accused without evidence of belonging to the Tren de Aragua criminal gang. Trump invoked rarely used wartime laws to have the men flown to the Central American nation without any court hearings. Clamping down on migrants is a flagship pursuit of Trump's administration, which has ramped up raids and deportations. It has agreed with President Nicolas Maduro to send undocumented Venezuelans back home, and flights have been arriving near daily also from Mexico, where many got stuck trying to enter the United States. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Official figures show that since February, more than 8,200 people have been repatriated to Venezuela from the United States and Mexico, including some 1,000 children. With inputs from agencies
Scottish Sun
07-07-2025
- Scottish Sun
Criminals in Britain's jails are hooked on drugs and daytime TV, warns watchdog
An increase in violence against staff and fellow inmates has been fuelled by drugs and overcrowded conditions JAIL JOKE Criminals in Britain's jails are hooked on drugs and daytime TV, warns watchdog Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) CRIMINALS in Britain's jails are spending their sentences getting high and watching daytime TV, the prisons' watchdog has warned. A menu of substances including cannabis, cocaine, and steroids is on offer, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor says. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up Drones used by criminal gangs are so accurate that they can deliver drugs and weapons, such as zombie knives, directly to specific windows. App What3words is being used by gangs to pinpoint drop-off locations to the nearest three-yard square. And other packages are being dropped and disguised as grass cuttings in overgrown areas. In his damning report, Mr Taylor said: 'It costs £57,000 a year to keep someone locked up and many are in their cells for up to 22 hours a day, high on drugs, watching daytime TV. READ MORE ON PRISONS JAIL VID RANTS Migrant who threatened to kill Farage is illegally broadcasting from prison 'This is hardly a rehabilitative atmosphere and hardly value for money for taxpayers.' Seven people were murdered in prisons over the past year, with an increase in violence against staff and fellow inmates fuelled by drugs and overcrowded conditions. Mr Taylor added: 'Packages of up to 10kg being brought in means in some prisons there is a menu of drugs. In our surveys of prisons we found 39 per cent of prisoners said it was easy to get drugs in their jail.' His report, published today, found drones were making regular deliveries to Manchester and Long Lartin which hold some of the most dangerous men in the country. Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, said: 'We're building 14,000 extra prison places and reforming sentencing so we never run out of space again.' Corruption & bribery behind bars exposed as ex-con reveals lags pay £500 for KFC & how inmates have sex with guards
The Irish Sun
07-07-2025
- The Irish Sun
Criminals in Britain's jails are hooked on drugs and daytime TV, warns watchdog
CRIMINALS in Britain's jails are spending their sentences getting high and watching daytime TV, the prisons' watchdog has warned. A menu of substances including cannabis, cocaine, and steroids is on offer, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor says. Advertisement Drones used by criminal gangs are so accurate that they can deliver drugs and weapons, such as zombie knives, directly to specific windows. App What3words is being used by gangs to pinpoint drop-off locations to the nearest three-yard square. And other packages are being dropped and disguised as grass cuttings in overgrown areas. In his damning report, Mr Taylor said: 'It costs £57,000 a year to keep someone locked up and many are in their cells for up to 22 hours a day, high on drugs, watching daytime TV. Advertisement READ MORE ON PRISONS 'This is hardly a rehabilitative atmosphere and hardly value for money for taxpayers.' Seven people were murdered in prisons over the past year, with an increase in violence against staff and fellow inmates fuelled by drugs and overcrowded conditions. Mr Taylor added: 'Packages of up to 10kg being brought in means in some prisons there is a menu of drugs. In our surveys of prisons we found 39 per cent of prisoners said it was easy to get drugs in their jail.' Advertisement Most read in The Sun His report, published today, found drones were making regular deliveries to Manchester and Long Lartin which hold some of the most dangerous men in the country. Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, said: 'We're building 14,000 extra prison places and reforming sentencing so we never run out of space again.' Corruption & bribery behind bars exposed as ex-con reveals lags pay £500 for KFC & how inmates have sex with guards 1 Criminals in Britain's jails are spending their sentences 'getting high and watching daytime TV' Credit: Getty - Contributor
