Sudipto Gupta was a 22-year-old student who died on 2 April 2013 while in police custody following his arrest at a demonstration in Kolkata, India.
Sudipto was a student of political science at Rabindra Bharati University, and a state committee member in the Students' Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was injured while being transported to jail by bus. Police claim he was hanging his head out of window and hit a lampost, while students maintain he was beaten by police. The bus driver was arrested and charged with negligent driving.
Post mortem examination found multiple injuries on his body, heart, lung and brain, along with internal bleeding and pulmonary contusion consistent with assault. However, a magisterial inquiry ruled out any role or negligence of the police in the death stating it was caused due to an accident.