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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicFake encounter

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.

On Camera

Mustafizur’s removal from KKR isn’t the same as boycotting match with Pakistan

Mustafizur Rahman was not representing Bangladesh; he was representing Kolkata. Singling him out simply because of his nationality shows a selective and convenient moral logic.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.