Encounter
- India
Atiq Ahmed’s sister moves SC, seeks probe by retired judge over ‘encounter killings’
New Delhi: The Sister of the gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed, who was shot dead while in police custody in Uttar Pradesh on April 15, has moved the Supreme Court seeking…
- India
33 ‘terrorists’ killed in encounters since May 3: Manipur CM
Imphal: At least 33 “terrorists” of militant outfits were killed in a series of encounters with the security forces since the ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3, Chief Minister…
- India
Gangster Anil Dujana killed in encounter with UP Police
Meerut: Gangster Anil Dujana was gunned down by a team of Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police in an encounter in Meerut on Thursday, police officials said. Additional Director General of…
- India
2 weeks before killing, Atiq moved SC for protection in UP police custody
New Delhi: Two weeks before gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad was shot dead while under police escort in Prayagraj, the Supreme Court had dismissed his plea seeking protection during his custody with the Uttar…
- India
UP: Body of Atiq Ahmed’s son being brought at his Prayagraj residence
Prayagraj: Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad’s body is being brought to Atiq’s residence in Prayagraj, from where it will be taken to a graveyard for performing the last rites. Asad’s maternal grandfather…
- India
‘Mitti me mila dunga’ trends on Twitter after Atiq’s son killed in police encounter
Lucknow: With gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad and an accomplice, both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, getting eliminated in an exchange of fire with police, hashtag “mitti me mila dunga”…
- India
BJP holds encounters in name of religion: Owaisi on Asad Ahmed’s shooting
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi condemned Uttar Pradesh’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday after Asad Ahmad, an accused in the murder of Umesh Pal, whose father Atiq Ahmad is also mentioned…
- India
Atiq Ahmed’s son killed in encounter day after gangster’s appeal to spare his family
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad was killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) team in Jhansi on Thursday. Ahmed’s son Asad was wanted in the killing of…
- India
Atiq Ahmad’s wife, sons to be named as gang members
Prayagraj: In a first, Shaista Parveen , wife of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, and their three sons will now be named as members of his gang registered as IS-227 in police records. According…
- Kashmir
Jammu & Kashmir: Encounter breaks out in Pulwama’s Mitrigam area
Srinagar: An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces at the Mitrigam area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Saturday. “Encounter has started at Mitrigam area of Pulwama. Police…
- India
Close aide of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed held after encounter in UP
Banda: A man wanted in many criminal cases and said to be a close aide of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed was arrested after an encounter with police in the Mataundh area here on…
- India
UP: Accused in Umesh Pal murder case killed in encounter
Prayagraj: One sharpshooter involved in the Umesh Pal murder case has been shot dead by the police after an encounter. The Special Operations Group of the Uttar Pradesh Police and the district…
- Telangana
Maoist leader Hidma dies in encounter on Telangana Chhattisgarh border
Hyderabad: Top Maoist leader Madvi Hidma was reportedly killed in an encounter when CRPF’s (Central Reserve Police Force) ‘cobra battalion’ personnel were undertaking operations against the militants on Wednesday. The incident took…
- Opinions
Jammu’s encounter triggers political fault lines of newer kind
The killing of four terrorists in Jammu on Wednesday touched off political fault lines in Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter in the outskirts of Jammu, long considered as the winter capital of…
- India
Warring expresses shock over remission of punishment of Pilibhit fake encounter
Chandigarh: Congress’s Punjab unit President Amarinder Singh Warring on Sunday expressed shock over the remission of punishment to the convicts of the Pilibhit fake encounter in which 11 Sikhs were gunned down…
