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[email protected]; Website: www.uncat.org Phone:+91-11-25620583 18 March 2021 India: Annual Report on Torture 2020 Table of contents ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................... 3 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................... 6 2. TORTURE BY THE POLICE .................................................................................... 9 2.1. INCIDENTS OF TORTURE AND CUSTODIAL DEATH IN 2020............................................ 9 A. Deaths in police custody ......................................................................................................... 9 B. Suicides as a result of torture .............................................................................................. 50 C. Torture in custody not resulting to death .......................................................................... 58 D. Non-custodial torture ............................................................................................................ 64 2.2. CUSTODIAL TORTURE OF DALITS AND TRIBALS ............................................................. 68 2.3. CUSTODIAL TORTURE OF WOMEN ..................................................................................... 73 2.4. CUSTODIAL TORTURE OF CHILDREN ................................................................................. 76 2.5. Torture, arrest