India's worst custodial death case took place 31 years ago
Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) officials shot 42 men, believed to be from Muslim community, in Meerut's Hashimpura on 22 May, 1987. National Human Rights Commission termed it as 'India's worst custodial killing case'. Confirming that victims were killed after being abducted in a PAC truck, a court in 2015 acquitted all accused officials citing lack of evidence against them.