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The police encounter took place on February 24 in Assam's Udalguri district

Assam: Suspected 'Dacoit' Shot Dead In Police Encounter Was A Farmer, Reveals CID Probe

Kenaram Boro is a former member of the banned outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland and wanted in several cases of armed robberies in Assam and Meghalaya

12 March 2023

The accused was killed in a police encounter in Prayagraj

Accused In UP MLA Witness' Murder Case Killed In Police Encounter

Umesh Pal was shot dead at his residence in Prayagraj on February 25 by an unidentified man while he was getting out of a Hyundai Creta SUV in Prayagraj, the camera footage showed

27 February 2023

Fake Encounters: Why Does Public Support Extrajudicial Killings In India?

Not only are fake ‘encounter’ killings by cops rampant across the country, they are wildly cheered by a people who have lost faith in the criminal justice system

12 August 2022

UP Police personnel during a raid at Allahabad University

Umesh Pal Murder Case: Muslim Hostel Of Allahabad University Sealed After Arrest Of Accused

The name of Sadakat Khan, a resident of Ghazipur and a LLB student at the Allahabad University, appeared in the Umesh Pal murder case following which he was arrested from the hostel

06 March 2023

Naxalites (Representative Image)

MP: Naxalite With Rs 12 Lakh Bounty Killed In Police Encounter In Balaghat Forest

The skirmish broke out between Naxalites and personnel of Hawk Force and the police conducting a search operation in Harratola forest under the Roopjhar police station limits in the morning on a tip-off about the presence of...

18 December 2022

Punjab Has A Sordid Story Of Encounter Killings

The government retaliation against Khalistani terrorism inaugurated a chapter in the state's history that's yet to end

12 August 2022

Uttar Pradesh police | Image for representation

Umesh Pal Murder: UP Police Announces Cash Reward Of Rs 2.5 Lakh Each On Five Accused

Umesh Pal was shot dead by an unidentified man while he was getting out of a Hyundai Creta SUV in Prayagraj, the camera footage showed

05 March 2023

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Fake Encounters In India: Laws, Flaws & Fear

Since there is a thin line between exercising the right to self-defence, retaliation and using excessive force, police encounters must always be looked at with a critical eye, say experts

12 August 2022

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12 August 2022
How The 'Encounter Specialists' Of Bombay Crime Branch Became Larger-than-life Figures

How The 'Encounter Specialists' Of Bombay Crime Branch Became Larger-than-life Figures

12 Maharashtra police officers took on Mumbai’s underworld and broke its back. All of them fell from grace faster than their trek to fame.


12 August 2022
Encounter Killings: Death Squads Continue To Operate In Many Countries

Encounter Killings: Death Squads Continue To Operate In Many Countries

South Asia has a particularly blood-soaked record of extrajudicial killings as State-sponsored hit squads are always at work, taking out political opponents...


12 August 2022
The Killing Fields: A Photograph That Laid Bare Assam’s Dark Chapter Of 'Secret Killings'

The Killing Fields: A Photograph That Laid Bare Assam’s Dark Chapter Of 'Secret Killings'

The secret killings are not the first cases of alleged extrajudicial killings in Assam. Since the 1990s, individual cases of extrajudicial killings have been...


12 August 2022
Here's Why Fake ‘Encounter’ Killings Are Carried Out With Impunity Across India

Here's Why Fake ‘Encounter’ Killings Are Carried Out With Impunity Across India

The highest levels of government keep encouraging police, paramilitary and army units to eliminate "undesirables" even as the public cheers the rogue elements...


12 August 2022
Death In Dandakaranya: In Jungles Of Chhattisgarh, Justice Is Served At The Barrel Of Gun

Death In Dandakaranya: In Jungles Of Chhattisgarh, Justice Is Served At The Barrel Of Gun

The culture of rifles among Adivasis, aided by the ever-increasing deployment of parami­li­tary forces, has permanently mutated the central Indian forests in...


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23 July 2022
Drug Addiction, Adverse Circumstances: The Stories Of Two Gangsters Killed In Sidhu Moosewala Case

Drug Addiction, Adverse Circumstances: The Stories Of Two Gangsters Killed In Sidhu Moosewala Case

Jagroop Singh alias Roopa and Manpreet Singh alias Mannu Kusa were shot dead in a fierce encounter. While Roopa’s mother said the family had disowned him in...


22 April 2022
Assam: Families Face Threats And Ostracism As Extrajudicial Police Encounters Are On A Rise

Assam: Families Face Threats And Ostracism As Extrajudicial Police Encounters Are On A Rise

As extra-judicial police "encounters" keep rising in Assam during Himanta Biswa Sarma's first CM tenure, families of the victims claim they face social...


10 April 2022
Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter In Srinagar, Terrorist Killed

Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter In Srinagar, Terrorist Killed

Security force launched a cordon and search operation in Bishember Nagar area of the city after receiving inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area,...


06 April 2022
Assam: Dacoit Killed In Gunfight With Police

Assam: Dacoit Killed In Gunfight With Police

It was suspected that this incident was linked to a group of former National Liberation Front of Bodoland (NLFB) militants.


17 March 2022
Chronicle Of A Forgotten 'Encounter' In Naxal-Hit Bastar

Chronicle Of A Forgotten 'Encounter' In Naxal-Hit Bastar

Nine years after eight Adivasis were shot dead by CRPF in an anti-Naxal encounter in Bastar, six months after the judicial probe report--confirming that the...


16 March 2022
 J&K: Security Forces Kill Three Militants In Encounter At Srinagar

 J&K: Security Forces Kill Three Militants In Encounter At Srinagar

According to a police officer, the search operation turned into an encounter when the militants opened fire at the security personnel. Three militants were...


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20 August 2021
A Cloudburst Of Anger In Meghalaya As Old Wounds Open Up On I-Day

A Cloudburst Of Anger In Meghalaya As Old Wounds Open Up On I-Day

They say Cheristerfield Thangkhiew, 54, was mediating with the regime. Why was he killed then? No one believes the police version among the...


25 July 2021
Questions Galore Over ‘Encounter’ Death Of Dreaded Odisha Gangster Sheikh Hyder

Questions Galore Over ‘Encounter’ Death Of Dreaded Odisha Gangster Sheikh Hyder

Dreaded gangster Sheikh Hyder was killed in an ‘encounter’ while being shifted to Baripada circle jail from Choudwar jail in Odisha's Cuttack for...


16 July 2021
Trigger-Happy Assam Police Raises Many Questions In Shooting Spree

Trigger-Happy Assam Police Raises Many Questions In Shooting Spree

Police shooting at ‘fleeing’ accused in Assam leaves trail of questions, sparks debate


15 July 2021
Assam Congress Seeks Judicial Probe Into Police Encounter Killings

Assam Congress Seeks Judicial Probe Into Police Encounter Killings

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee Ripun Bora requested the governor to institute a judicial inquiry by a sitting judge of the high court into case of police...


11 July 2021
Assam Human Rights Commission Seeks Govt Report On Encounter Killings

Assam Human Rights Commission Seeks Govt Report On Encounter Killings

The AHRC has given the Assam government one month to submit a report on several incidents of police firing in which 12 militants and criminals were killed in...


27 June 2021
Dantewada: Naxal Wanted In 25 Criminal Cases Killed In Encounter

Dantewada: Naxal Wanted In 25 Criminal Cases Killed In Encounter

He was carrying a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head.


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