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Topic: Fake encounter

Proof of torture to false records, what led CBI court to convict 5 Punjab ex-cops for 1993 fake encounters

The 5 retired officers have been handed life term for abducting, torturing & killing 7 men in fake encounters in Tarn Taran.

12 Noida cops face charges over ‘fake encounter, torture’ of B.Tech student. What the 2022 case is

In September 2022, police officers allegedly attempted to frame Somesh Gautam, a Mathura resident, in murder-for-money plot. Police, however, maintain encounter was legitimate.

Autopsy finds antemortem, homicidal injuries in 3 Hmar men killed in Assam Police’s custody

Police had said 'armed militants' were apprehended & shot during operation to nab other militants in Cachar district. Families claimed trio killed in ‘fake encounter’.

Ex-cop Pradeep Sharma gets life term in fake encounter case, Bombay HC calls his acquittal ‘perverse’

HC also upheld conviction & life sentence imposed by trial court on 13 persons, including cops, and quashed the conviction and life sentence of 6 other accused and acquitted them.

Shots fired to kill — Why ‘Hyderabad encounter’ panel wants 10 cops booked for murder

SC-appointed panel, in its report submitted in court, said accused were ‘deliberately fired upon with an intent to cause their death’. SC has transferred case to Telangana High Court.

Shillong returns to markets ‘hoping for calm’ after violence, curfew over ex-militant’s killing

On 13 August, a former militant was killed by police, leading to violence in the city two days later. Curfew was imposed and a judicial probe ordered into the killing.

With its betrayal in Bastar, Congress has abandoned adivasi cause — one that gave it power

A Congress leader who used to call security forces 'evil' told an officer involved in the Chhattisgarh police operation that killed three adivasis in Silger 'not to be deterred by deaths'.

Chhattisgarh govt to initiate action in 2012 Sarkeguda ‘fake’ encounter case

Judicial commission found encounter that killed 17 villagers for being ‘Maoists’ was fake. Chhattisgarh home minister promises swift action soon.

CBI court discharges former Gujarat cops Vanzara, Amin from Ishrat Jahan case

Former police officers DG Vanzara and NK Amin were 2 of the 7 accused chargesheeted by CBI in the 2004 alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan.

SC orders disclosing Bedi panel’s report on Gujarat alleged fake encounters to petitioners

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it would later decide on whether it will accept Justice Bedi committee's final report.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.