Today, the attitude of the police is one of
the main enforces of torture. The marginalization of the Muslim
community combined with the discrimination that penetrates police
stations in India creates situations where the religious discrimination
of the police is manifested and enforced by torture.
Punishment or persecution of policemen for human rights violations
Uttar Pradesh is unheard of. This is because of corruption, a general
distrust and dislike of Muslims, and the idea of the police being above
the law. In most cases, complaints against police officers are not even
registered because other police officers refuse to do this. If the
complaints are registered, the process is extremely slow.
Within the police force, policemen who try to help victims get
justice are ostracized from the rest of police force. Some policemen
have even been killed for going against the unwritten rules in police
stations. Police who use torture to get false confessions often get
promoted and are indirectly or directly rewarded for torturing. The
practice is even promoted within certain police forces as means of
gathering information. In police stations around Uttar Pradesh norms of
conduct seem to have been created that override the legal obligations of
policemen.
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