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The Rajan case refers to the death of P. Rajan, a student of the Regional Engineering College, Calicut, as a result of torture in local police custody in Kerala during the nationwide Emergency in India in 1976, and the legal battle that followed, which revealed facts of the incident to the public.
How a young engineering student became a victim of police brutality during the Emergency in Kerala, and how his family fought for justice.
May 23, 2017 · The Calicut Regional Engineering College student, P. Rajan, “died while in unlawful police custody at the Kakkayam police camp on March 2, 1976, as a result of continuous police torture with iron and wooden rollers”.
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Rajan – An Victim of a Police Brutality In Terrifying Emergency (1977) Do you know what a habeas corpus lawsuit is? Let’s focus on the first case of this kind in Kerala’s history, which was brought by a parent on behalf of his son P. Rajan. Rajan was a final-year student at Calicut’s Regional Engineering College.
Feb 29, 2016 · 'Oru Achanteh Ormakuruppukal' (A Memoir by a Father) which incidentally won the state award in 2004 was a father’s attempt to capture floating bits of a horribly fractured life in a bid to...
Jun 21, 2017 · Early in the morning on March 1, 1976, P Rajan, a student of the Regional Engineering College, Calicut, was picked up by the police from the college campus, along with another student, Joseph...
Aug 8, 2014 · Rajan, a final year student of the Regional Engineering College, Calicut, was a brilliant student, a merit scholarship holder, a stage and radio singer and actor. In the early hours of March 1, 1976. Rajan was allegedly taken into custody by the police from the college hostel.
