-PTI/ TheWire.in According to the prosecution case, on July 12, 1991, UP Police pulled 10-11 Sikh pilgrims out of a bus, shot them and later called them 'terrorists' to cover up the incident. Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has rejected the bail pleas of 34 former constables of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) accused of killing 10 Sikh men in an alleged fake encounter in 1991. “The gruesome murder of...
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Police Reform via New Legislation Should Not Dilute State Role -Ajay K Mehra
-TheWire.in As the police reform discourse has begun again, let us recall some of the glaring incidents that have crossed the limits of the rule of law. Police has been in the news recently, mostly for the wrong reasons. Let us recall some of the glaring incidents that have crossed the limits of the rule of law to contextualise the discussion on police reforms in India. The Justice V.S. Sripurkar Commission set up...
More »Disha Encounter Case: Commission Says Cops' Version 'Concocted', Wants Murder Charges Against 10 Officers
-TheWire.in The panel has said, 'It was impossible for the deceased suspects to have snatched the weapons of the police and they could not have operated the firearms.' New Delhi: The Commission of Inquiry constituted by the Supreme Court to probe the “encounter” killing of all the four suspects after the 2019 rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Telangana has recommended that all the 10 police officers involved in the...
More »Nine Police Personnel Found Responsible for Inaction in 2002 Encounter: UP Tells SC
-PTI/ TheWire.in The case pertains to the alleged encounter that had taken place in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh in 2002 New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has told the Supreme Court that nine police personnel, including five inspectors, have prima facie been found to be responsible for the delay and inaction regarding service of court processes in a matter relating to the alleged encounter of a man by the police...
More »Hyderabad 2019 'Encounter': Inquiry Panel Exposes Cover-Up, Lies in Official Narrative -Murali Karnam
-TheWire.in On October 11-12, the Supreme Court-appointed commission posed 160 questions to V.C. Sajjanar, the police official under whose jurisdiction the 'encounter' took place, and recorded 'chilling lies'. On December 6, 2019, in the aftermath of the death of four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad, media across the country splashed the face of V.C. Sajjanar, the then commissioner of police, Cyberabad, across broadcasts. Citizens watched his...
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