Telangana was ranked third among 18 states in the India Justice Report 2022, which analyses data on police, prison, judiciary and legal aid. It also had the “best policing score” as per the report. But the policing system in the state has been widely criticised for use of custodial torture and human rights violations through preventive detention and violation of citizens’ privacy through technology and high-handed search operations.
With the state assembly elections scheduled for November 30, The News Minute examined how the system of policing has fared in Telangana under the Bharat Rashtra Samithi-led state government.
