Fake Encounter
- India
‘Fake encounter’: Kin of slain Muslim brothers refute Assam govt’s ‘self defense’ claim
After the claims of Assam authorities that two Muslim brothers were killed in “self-defence” by forest guards, the family members of the deceased have refuted the claims. The family members say that…
- India
Chhattisgarh: Locals, activists claims Bijapur encounter fake; those were not Naxals
Bijapur: Two days after the police claimed to have killed 12 Naxalites during an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, locals and activists have alleged that the exchange of fire was fake and…
- India
J&K fake encounter: Army captain gets bail, victims’ kin cry injustice
Jammu: Family members of three men killed in a “staged” encounter in south Kashmir’s Amshipora in July 2020 have dubbed as “grave injustice” the suspension of the life sentence of the Army captain…
- Opinions
Army’s punishment for fake encounter must address wider Kashmir issues
The recommendation of a General Court Martial inquiry into the Amshipora encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian district in July 2020, to life imprisonment for a captain and two other soldiers, needs to…
- Pakistan
Pakistan lodges protest with India over its citizen’s death in Kashmir
Islamabad: Pakistan has called in India’s Charge d’Affaires here to lodge a strong protest over the death of a Pakistani prisoner in Kashmir, in what it termed as a “fake encounter”. The…
- Pakistan
Protests in Balochistan against ‘fake encounter’ by Pak security forces
Quetta: Protests were held in Turbat and the provincial capital Quetta in Balochistan against the alleged “fake encounter” of Baloch missing persons by the Pakistani security forces in Ziarat, media reports said.…
- India
Journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh arrested by Jharkhand police
Jharkhand-based freelance Hindi journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh’s has reportedly been arrested by the police. According to sources, Singh’s residence was also raided early Sunday morning and continued till 2 pm. Independent journalist,…
- India
18 cops booked for fake encounter in Uttar Pradesh
Shahjahanpur: A case has been registered against 18 police personnel, including an SP, in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur for an alleged fake encounter. In October 2004, Dhanpal and Prahlad, both residents of Chachuapur…
