The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation within four weeks and submit proof of payment to the family of Ziauddin, a 36-year-old man who died in March 2021 after he was allegedly tortured in police custody in Ambedkar Nagar.

The Commission also criticised the UP police for “deliberately concealing facts” and failing to provide a credible explanation for multiple injuries found on the deceased.

In its order which was made public Wednesday, the NHRC noted there was no doubt about the issue that the man was brought by the police to the police station and as per the postmortem report, there were eight injury marks on his body. “However, the report is silent as to how and when the deceased would have sustained the sa

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