ETHICSCUSTODIAL ETHICS & POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
The Officer Who Ordered the Parade
The Gujarat High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of videos allegedly showing Surat DCP Rajdeepsinh Nakum, with 15-20 personnel, parading handcuffed accused persons through their own locality and assaulting them with lathis. An advocate's representation to Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal called the conduct a violation of Articles 14 and 21, invoking the D.K. Basu safeguards and Gujarat's own May 2026 departmental circular…
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