Police and public safety
Custodial beating or death, or police atrocity
A person was beaten in custody, or someone died in police custody; this goes to the human rights commissions and senior police beyond the station.
Start here
Report custodial beating or death to the Superintendent of Police and to the human rights commissions, with the dates and the station.
Who is responsible
Custodial violence is investigated outside the station's own chain, so the complaint must go above the station to the human rights commissions and to senior police, with the dates, the station and the names if known. A medical or post-mortem record supports the complaint where it exists.
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You
Your home, village, or ward — where the problem is.
Start here
Report custodial beating or death to the Superintendent of Police and to the human rights commissions, with the dates and the station.
District
District Superintendent of Police (DSP)
District head of police in Bihar, responsible for supervision of police stations and serious criminal cases.
State
Home Department, Bihar (Police)
Police administration, law and order, crime records, emergency response and citizen policing services in Bihar.
State
Government of BiharPatna · state headquarters
State government; departments deliver citizen services through ServicePlus and department portals.
If that does not work
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Write to the Superintendent of Police with dates and the station
Open official page - 2
Complain to the human rights commissions
Open official page - 3
Escalate to the central grievance portal with the records
Open official page
Sources and evidence
- [1] Missing Persons portal, National Human Rights Commission (India)The national human rights commission portal carries complaints of custodial violence.
- [2] Home Department / Police, BiharSenior police in the district investigate complaints against station-level conduct.