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Jurists say ‘encounters’ must be investigated by an independent agency. But no law makes this binding.


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Sep 20, 2010
Haunted Hows

Apropos No Point-Blank Justice, the worst part of fake encounters is that senior police officers support them too.

Mukhtar Ahmad, Aligarh

The CPI(M) gets political opponents in West Bengal bumped off in fake encounters. The Trinamool Congress will probably do the same when it comes to power. If this is permitted in our society, deemed to be civilised, why have courts at all?

Dr Dang, Calcutta

The security forces in Lalgarh and adjoining areas have been committing horrible atrocities on activists and commoners alike. The worst is the beating up and rape of women, who have been in the forefront of the struggle. Much of this goes unreported in the mainstream media—partly as the women are too scared to even file a complaint, for the perpetrators are none other than the police.

Surya Sharma, Calcutta
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Sep 27, 2010
Rule Of Hypocrisy

Encounter deaths like that of Maoist ideologue Azad (No Point-Blank Justice, Sep 6) must be investigated by a jury of intelligent people from all walks of life. They should not be connected to the police or judiciary; both are known to be corrupt.

Narayan D. Raman, Thrissur
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1/D-59
Aug 28, 2010
02:05 PM
Why the sudden infatuation in the media for JUSTICE and TRUTH?

All Male killing, is generally NO NEWS in the media.

And yet, this killing has suddenly hit Vinod Mehtas headlines!

Is there something we are missing here?
Male unblocked
Chennai, India
2/D-103
Aug 28, 2010
09:13 PM
The people Outlook reached out to are all lwayers or judges. Ask these idiots as how long it takes them to pass a verdict. Even simple open-and-shut cases takes them a decade to close. Encounters - fake or otherwise - is a direct outcome of a laggard judiciary.

Forming inquiry commisions is in their personal interest as it allows them to make some free money and vacations by travelling and revelling on taxpayer's money.
The Irreverent Indian
Online, India
3/D-11
Aug 29, 2010
12:32 AM
An independent inquiry headed by someone with the stature of retired justice A.P.Shah should be instituted.
Anwaar
Dallas, United States
4/D-68
Aug 29, 2010
11:16 AM
The mot unfortunate thing about these fake encounters is that these are supported by officers / politicians
mukhtar ahmad
aligarh, India
5/D-82
Aug 29, 2010
01:50 PM
The Irrelevant Indian--"The people Outlook reached out to are all lwayers or judges. Ask these idiots"

Yeah ... how dare they ? Shouldn't they be talking with upstanding citizens instead ?
Cata Maran
Soccer City, South Africa
6/D-122
Aug 29, 2010
10:03 PM
"Shouldn't they be talking with upstanding citizens instead ?" - Cute Moron

Are you a born idiot or a self-made one? All I implied was that it is because of the rotten judiciary that we see the police resorting to fake encounters, and many Indians supporting them. These lawyers and judges have vested interested in such cases either on account of being on inquiry commissions or for hiding their failures.
The Irreverent Indian
Online, India
7/D-1
Aug 31, 2010
12:03 AM
CPI(M) is killing opposition using WB police and terming them as encounter deaths. When Trinamool comes to power, they will probably do the same. If this type of judicial system is permitted in a civilized society, why do we need to have courts? Shame on Chidambaram! Shame on Buddha!
Dr Dang
Kolkata, India
8/D-133
Aug 31, 2010
11:32 PM
The Supreme Court should step in and order independent judicial inquiry for all such encounter killings. United Human Rights Commission should take note of these killings.
Surya Sharma
Kolkata, India
9/D-138
Aug 31, 2010
11:46 PM
The operations of the joint central and state forces in Lalgarh and adjoining areas for the last one year have been marked by horrible atrocities including killings of activists and common people, rapes, indiscriminate beatings and detentions, looting and ransacking of houses and poisoning of sources of drinking water. Women, who have been in the forefront of the adivasi movement in Lalgarh, have been especially targeted and the recent mass rape and torture of women in Sonamukhi village of Jhargram sub-division in West Midnapore is possibly the latest feather to be added to the cap of the West Bengal police and the CRPF. As usual, references in the mainstream press have been limited to a line or two hidden within reports of violence by Maoists or encounters between security forces and Maoists.

The incident happened on 30th June when the joint state police and central paramilitary forces had apparently gone to a village called Grihatakam under Jhargram subdivision to track a Maoist squad. This area had been the site of a recent encounter between the Maoists and paramilitary forces. En route they raided the adjoining Sonamukhi village supposedly in search of Maoists. As usual all the menfolk had fled the village because there were reports of the advancing police/CRPF party. Finding the womenfolk alone in the village, the policemen unleashed horrible atrocities on them. At least six women, Lalita Mahato, Umarani Mahato, Giribala Mahato, Jyotsna Mahato and Anima Mahato, were raped. Many others, including Rinku Mahato, Soma Mahato, Kajal Mahato, Manika Mahato, Niyati Mahato and Chayarani Mahato were beaten black and blue, dragged around by their hair and kicked. Lalita Mahato, who went to depose before the sub-divisional officer of Jhargram on 6th July stated that she had entered her cowshed to tie up her cows (because the CRPF jawans are known to beat up domestic animals without any reason) when the raiding party entered the village. A policeman entered the cowshed and slapped her hard. When she fell down she was dragged into the house and stripped. She broke down after this and could not continue. None of the women dared to lodge a complaint with the police. How could they dare to when the perpetrators were policemen themselves? Lalita had been admitted to a hospital and the doctor had said that he would file a report of rape if she lodged a complaint. But she did not dare to. Only on 6th July, a week after the atrocities, did the women go to lodge a complaint with the SDO of Jhargram, accompanied by local TMC and Congress politicans. The SDO instructed the Super of Jhargram subdivisional hospital to admit six of the women and do a medical test. He has also assured them that he will file a report to the home secretary. Santosh Rana of the CPI(ML) PCC has written a letter to the Chief Secretary demanding redressal. But it is unlikely that anything is going to happen, as the police has refused to admit that anything happened. The case of the women of Sonamukhi will probably become just another statistic in the ever growing list of victims of Operation Green Hunt, but the result might be that more and more CRPF raiding and road opening parties will come under fire when they approach adivasi villages.
Surya Sharma
Kolkata, India
10/D-31
Sep 01, 2010
03:46 AM
Those who talk of the violation of rights, must observe, that the law will not be effective, in the case of the Mumbai Underworld, and the Maoist issue. It is true, that what is taking place may be illegal, in the eyes of the dispensers of Justice, but as a case in point, if a person is known to be one who puts to grave risk the lives and properties of others, and who further cannot be prevented from his act, then what are the steps to be taken, so that such a person cannot act with impunity to harm others, as and when he wants? I believe, that the Criminal Justice System has lost it's moral authority, as an effective means of crime prevention. Crime takes place, because of a conflict of interest. The state cannot be in conflict with the subject in a Democracy, and say that because it has the power of authority, then that gives it the right to resolve the conflict in it's favor. This will breed contempt for the state. Perhaps, the Maoists are acting in contempt of the state. If the security forces did act, purely in the purview of the structure of law, then the people would want the structure of law to be replaced.
Aditya Mookerjee
Belgaum, India
11/D-26
Sep 03, 2010
03:18 AM
Its amazing. Mr. Vinod Mehta almost convinces all of us that the only political option left for all Indians is left liberal activism.
Outlook has as much disinterest in pursuing this case as it will in the case of the purported gujarat killings. Why? By being the lead as a left liberal leaflet it is best placed to further the govt's line.
Amazing, that you can be your own critic.
why is it possible?
because all the critics have been bought over.
Nehru's line-- I have been really bad for you all but everyone else is worse. Ihave a divine right to keep a large proportion of you citizens below thw poverty line because i know best. Brahminical? Worse. Its intellectual arrogance.
freespirit71
Kochi, India
12/D-49
Sep 06, 2010
02:46 PM
A jury of intelligent people from all walks of life unconnected with either the judiciary or the police should analyse the investigation and take up the case, based on the prevailing law. Judges may bear silent witness or even sit as unbiased referees, but may not supersede as its well known that the judiciary can be bought/coerced.

When every damn minister, left, right or center is either tainted or painted, and have the bureaucracy, judiciary and law-enforcers as their ever loyal lackeys, what can you expect other than point-blank justice?
Narayan Das Raman
Thrissur, India
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