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Karvaan India's Spotlight: 450 Deaths in Jharkhand’s Custody. The Silence Behind the Lock-Up Doors.

Nearly 450 deaths in custody in Jharkhand over seven years have forced a constitutional reckoning. As the High Court demands clarity on whether mandatory judicial inquiries were conducted, a larger question looms over India’s justice system: when citizens die behind locked doors, who ensures the State answers to the law?

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