Encounter Deaths
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Uttar Pradesh: 12 police officers booked for allegedly killing a man accused of cow slaughter
The police, however, claim that 42-year-old Zeeshan Haider was shot by alleged cattle smugglers during a gunfight.
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Data check: In last six years, India has registered a case of encounter killing every three days
At 38, Jammu and Kashmir reported the largest number of extrajudicial killings in the past year.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
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2019 Hyderabad shooting: Police deliberately fired upon accused, says SC inquiry panel report
Ten police officers should be tried for murder and destruction of evidence, the Justice VS Sirpurkar commission said.
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Trending
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Seven Kashmiri students arrested after row over celebrating India’s World Cup loss
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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China is seeing an uptick in respiratory illness – should we be worried?
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
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Booker Prize 2023: What Paul Lynch’s win means and why we’re in a ‘golden age’ of Irish writing
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Hyderabad encounter: Supreme Court again gives six more months to inquiry panel to finish probe
This was the third extension granted to the commission for submitting its final report.
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Ishrat Jahan case: CBI court discharges last three accused, says ‘no question of any fake encounter’
The court said there was nothing on record to suggest that Jahan and others were not terrorists.
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Ishrat Jahan encounter: Gujarat government refuses sanction to prosecute three police officers
The three accused and another retired officer have now filed applications before the court seeking ‘dropping of proceedings for want of requisite sanction’.
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Video
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Watch: Rescuers celebrate after an infant is pulled out alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza
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Watch: This performing duo danced like puppets at an engagement party
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Filmfare OTT Awards: Actor Rajshri Deshpande dedicates her win to Gaza victims, Indian farmers
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Hyderabad encounter: Supreme Court gives six more months to investigation panel to finish inquiry
A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde passed the order while hearing a plea filed by the panel, seeking such an extension.
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A reminder for UP: Supreme Court has said that fake encounters amount to state-backed terror
The trigger-happy approach of the state police towards alleged criminals has no place in a society governed by the rule of law.
Rohan Deshpande
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Hours before Vikas Dubey’s killing, lawyer filed plea in SC seeking security for gangster
The petitioner, Ghanashyam Upadhyay, had expressed fear that Dubey would be killed in a staged encounter by the police.
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The Reel
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
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In music-themed ‘Chamak’, looking for the ‘spirit of Punjab’ beyond its stereotypes
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Telangana encounter: AIIMS team conducts second autopsy on bodies of four accused killed by police
The autopsy was videographed and the doctors were asked to express an independent view on the basis of the evidence they collected.
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Telangana encounter: High Court orders second autopsy of four accused within 48 hours
The court directed a team of forensic experts from All India Institute of Medical Sciences to conduct the examination.
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‘Stop calling for summary executions after horrific crimes,’ former civil servants tell MPs
The former bureaucrats urged parliamentarians to ‘bring about the meaningful changes necessary to curb such crimes in the future’.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Shiva Thapa, Amit Panghal begin campaign with wins on Day 3
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Archery: Dhiraj Bommadevara rides on luck and faith to let his talent shine through
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Australia tour of India: Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell make way for rookies as visitors rehaul T20 team
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Victor Rodriguez leads FC Goa to a win over Jamshedpur FC
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup preview: All you need to know about India’s campaign in Chile