Security personnel conduct a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) at Baghat Chowk, after three unidentified militants and a policeman were killed in two separate encounters in Budgam...
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Father of Special Police Officer (SPO) Mohammad Altaf pays tribute to him during his wreath laying ceremony, at DPL in Srinagar. Altaf was killed in an encounter with militants at ...
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Security force personnel during an encounter with militants, at Lawaypora on the outskirts of Srinagar. Three militants were killed in the encounter.
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Security personnel stand near the house where militants were hiding during an encounter at Lawaypora on the outskirts of Srinagar. Three militants were killed in the encounter.
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Police investigate after an encounter with miscreants at Shakurpur area in East Delhi. 5 people have been arrested and police is probing their possible links to terror groups.
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A scene at the site of an encounter that took place in Shakarpur area of East Delhi. The police arrested five persons after the encounter, and it is suspected that some of them mig...
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Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel cordon off the area after militants attacked a police party killing one policeman and injuring a civilian, at Sazgaripora Hawal in Srinagar....
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Policemen collect used bullets as they investigate at the site of shootout in Srinagar. Anti-India rebels Sunday attacked a police party in the disputed region's main city, injurin...
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Jammu & Kashmir police personnel show a damaged wall of a police post after an encounter in Nagrota yesterday, in Jammu district.
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Shiv Sena Dogra Front activists burn Pakistan's flag after yesterday's encounter in Nagrota yesterday, in Jammu district.
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A man looks at splinter holes once side of a truck after a gunfight between suspected rebels and Indian security forces at a checkpoint in Nagrota, outskirts of Jammu.
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A army soldier walks near the site of a gunfight between suspected rebels and Indian security forces at a checkpoint in Nagrota, outskirts of Jammu. Four suspected militants were k...
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Security personnel inspect the site of encounter at Nagrota Ban toll plaza in Jammu. A gunfight broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Nagrota area of Jammu and Ka...
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Security personnel inspect the site of encounter at Nagrota Ban toll plaza in Jammu. A gunfight broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Nagrota area of Jammu and Ka...
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Security personnel inspect the site of encounter at Nagrota Ban toll plaza in Jammu. A gunfight broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Nagrota area of Jammu and Ka...
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Security personnel inspect the site of encounter at Nagrota Ban toll plaza in Jammu. A gunfight broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Nagrota area of Jammu and Ka...
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Police personnel investigate at the site of an encounter with two criminals of Kaushal gang, in Gurugram.
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Police investigate at the site of an encounter between police personnel and robbers, in Prayagraj. One robber was injured while two others were arrested later.
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Security personnel leave after an encounter with militants, at Rangreth on the outskirts of Srinagar. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) Chief Dr Saifullah was killed and a suspect has been ta...
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Security personnel stand guard during the encounter with militants, at Mouchwa on the outskirts of Srinagar.
A police spokesman said incriminating materials including arms and ammunition were recovered from the three 'unidentified militants' killed in the encounter.
Captain Bhoopendra Singh had also provided wrong information to his superiors and the police about the recovery made during the staged encounter, the charge sheet read.
The disturbing thing is that a large number of people strongly approve of meting out instant justice, writes former Director General of Police Dr NC Asthana
Cyberabad Commissioner of Police VC Sajjanar, who gunned down four men accused of raping and killing a woman veterinary doctor in Hyderabad, won kudos for his Bollywood-styled act of a 'supercop'
India is no stranger to the jury system. Inclusion of laypersons through jury trials can bolster faith and participation in the criminal justice system, argues Prashant Reddy T and Vaidehi Misra
Killings in police encounters affect the credibility of the rule of the law and the administration of criminal justice, says former Supreme Court judge KTS Tulsi
In a country where 90 rapes are reported every day and extrajudicial killings rarely shock people, the gunning down of the Hyderabad rape suspects only hints at a sloppy judicial system