Given below are two statements: One is labeled as Assertion-A and the other is labeled as Reason-R

Assertion A : It is reported in The Hindu recently that custodial death (both police
and judicial) amounted to more than 11 thousand in the last few years.

Reason R : Police brutality in Indian jails has increased many times.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given
below :