Despite state prohibitions against torture and custodial misconduct by the police, torture is widespread in police custody, which is a major reason behind deaths in custody.Torture main reason of death in police custody The TribuneCustodial deaths in West Bengal and India's refusal to ratify the Convention against Torture Asian Human Rights Commission 26 February 2004 The police often torture innocent people until a 'confession' is obtained to save influential and wealthy offenders.Custodial deaths and torture in India Asian Legal Resource Centre G.P. Joshi, the programme coordinator of the Indian branch of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in New Delhi comments that the main issue at hand concerning police violence is a lack of accountability of the police.
