What the records say
- When
- 1 Mar 1976
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 22.80° N, 83.00° E
- Description
- 1976 death of an Indian man in police custody
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Rajan case
1976 death of an Indian man in police custody
The Rajan case refers to the death of P. Rajan, a student of the Regional Engineering College, Calicut, as a result of torture in local police custody in Kakkayam, Kerala during the nationwide Emergency in India in 1976, and the legal battle that followed, which revealed facts of the incident to the public. His remains are yet to be recovered.
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