Madhya Pradesh
Custodial Death in Madhya Pradesh
- 18 Jul 2024
- 1 min read
Why in News?
Recently, the Pardhi tribal community in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district protested against the alleged death, in police custody, of a tribal man.
Key Points
- Custodial death is a death that occurs while a person is in the custody of law enforcement officials or in a correctional facility.
- It can occur due to various causes such as use of excessive force, neglect, or abuse by the authorities.
- According to the Law commission of India, the crime by a public servant against the arrested or the detained person who is in custody amounts to custodial violence.
Pardhi Tribe
- It is found mostly in Maharashtra and parts of Madhya Pradesh.
- The word Pardhi is derived from the Marathi word ‘Paradh’ meaning hunting and the Sanskrit word ‘papardhi’ meaning the game to be hunted.
- They speak mixed dialects of Rajasthani and Gujarati, mainly Wagdi and Pardhi languages.
- These languages are grouped in the Bhil languages of the western Indo-Aryan language group.
