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Parade of Public Shaming: How Rajasthan police’s illegal “arrest rituals” replace due process with public defilement
In open defiance of law, Supreme Court guidelines, and even their own DGP’s orders, Rajasthan Police have normalised the public parading of accused and suspects, turning due process into a degrading public spectacle—an illegality repeated through 2025 with the state’s top police office remaining silent
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