Justice Delayed, Justice Denied: The SC's Intervention in Chhattisgarh Custodial Death The Supreme Court's decision to hand over the probe into the custodial death of Shravan Suryavanshi to the CBI is a stark indictment of the Chhattisgarh administration's willingness to overlook police excesses.
The court's scathing critique of the state authorities' attempts to cover up the case marks a rare instance of judicial intervention in a matter marred by bureaucratic obfuscation.
The sequence of events leading up to Suryavanshi's death on January 22, 2024, raises disturbing questions about the culture of impunity within India's law enforcement agencies.