{"id":218095,"date":"2026-10-13T14:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/?p=218095"},"modified":"2026-10-13T14:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:07:18","slug":"law-and-order-under-fire-over-35000-complaints-against-police-alone-as-human-rights-crisis-deepens-in-bihar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/law-and-order-under-fire-over-35000-complaints-against-police-alone-as-human-rights-crisis-deepens-in-bihar\/","title":{"rendered":"Law and Order Under Fire! Over 35,000 Complaints Against Police Alone as Human Rights Crisis Deepens in Bihar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"14\">Amidst tall claims of good governance and robust law and order in Bihar, alarming statistics from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) have brought serious systemic flaws to light. Total complaints related to human rights violations in the state have crossed 1.22 lakh, with the highest number of grievances registered directly against the police force. This report heavily underscores the growing vulnerability of common citizens and the urgent need for strict administrative accountability.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">According to data, a total of 1,22,954 complaints have originated from Bihar since 1993. While 1,20,551 cases have been successfully disposed of, 2,403 cases remain pending. Nationally, Uttar Pradesh holds the top spot with over 11.88 lakh complaints, followed by Delhi in second place, placing Bihar at number three. The highest chunk of grievances in the state involves the police, with 35,902 complaints lodged against law enforcement personnel.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16\">Furthermore, despite strict prohibition laws, 8,899 complaints regarding crimes against women and 1,891 cases involving offenses against children have been registered. Most disturbingly, custodial deaths remain a massive black spot, recording 4,311 deaths in judicial custody and 238 deaths inside police lock-ups. District-wise data highlights Patna at the apex with 12,792 complaints. During recent special hearings in Patna, the NHRC ordered compensation totaling 1.50 crore rupees to victims, posing an intense challenge to the state&#8217;s administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst tall claims of good governance and robust law and order in Bihar, alarming statistics from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) have brought serious systemic flaws to light. Total complaints related to human rights violations in the state have crossed 1.22 lakh, with the highest number of grievances registered directly against the police force. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218097,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218095\/revisions\/218097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}