Supreme Court issues notice to Uttar Pradesh government over alleged fake encounters

The court was hearing a petition filed by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties.

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· Jul 02, 2018 · 01:36 pm

Bhopal: Police action in encounter with escaped SIMI prisoners was reasonable, says judicial probe

The report of an investigation by a single-member panel was tabled in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Monday.

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· Jun 25, 2018 · 05:56 pm

Uttar Pradesh Police suspend officer after he allegedly warns criminal of an encounter to kill him

In an unverified audio clip, the officer was purportedly heard telling an under-trial that he should ‘manage’ certain BJP leaders to save himself.

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· Apr 15, 2018 · 06:08 pm

UP Police’s claims about Saharanpur encounter have several inconsistencies: Indian Express

Home guards at the site of the supposed shootout said they did not hear any gunshots, and an injured police inspector’s hospital records are missing.

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· Mar 29, 2018 · 12:46 pm

Uttar Pradesh: Two wanted criminals killed in encounters with police, dozens arrested within a day

One of those who died carried a Rs 1 lakh reward for information on him.

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· Mar 25, 2018 · 03:47 pm

CBI declares four more witnesses hostile in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case

Of the 59 witnesses the special court has heard, 42 have turned hostile so far.

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· Mar 08, 2018 · 08:07 pm

Sohrabuddin case: Bombay HC rebukes CBI for not giving enough evidence against accused

The court has been hearing petitions filed by the CBI against the discharge of two police officers in the alleged fake encounter case.

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· Feb 22, 2018 · 09:31 am

Ishrat Jahan encounter: Special CBI court discharges former Gujarat DGP PP Pandey

He was the head of the state crime branch when Jahan and three others were killed in 2004.

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· Feb 21, 2018 · 02:58 pm

‘Failure of justice’: Former Bombay HC judge raises doubts over past hearings in Sohrabuddin case

Justice AM Thipsay wants the High Court to take a look at the case again.

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· Feb 14, 2018 · 10:12 am

UP Police killed eight people in the last 25 days, 38 overall since March 2017: Report

CM Adityanath said those who ‘disturb peace of the society and believe in the gun, should be given an answer in the language of the gun’.

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· Feb 09, 2018 · 10:28 am

27 of 40 prosecution witnesses in the Sohrabuddin encounter case turn hostile: The Indian Express

Eyewitnesses to the alleged abduction of Sheikh, his wife and associate, as well as police officers part of the encounter team, have retracted their statements.

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· Jan 25, 2018 · 11:36 am

Video: Why the death of CBI judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya must be investigated

What are the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of CBI Judge B H Loya?

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· Nov 24, 2017 · 09:30 pm