Topic: Fake Encounter
Azamgarh’s Muslim man murdered by UP Special Task Force, alleges family
Family members of Azamgarh resident Kamran have alleged that he was not killed in the police encounter as claimed by authorities but the injuries on his body show that he was murdered by the cops. They demanded a probe into the killing of the 40-year-old Muslim.
Kashmiri family claims slain son wasn’t militant, killed in “fake gunfight”
On Thursday, Indian forces killed two Kashmiri men in Dragad, Shopian. Authorities claimed the slain men were "militants" killed in an "encounter".
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8 years after Chattisgarh “encounter”: Forces killed unarmed Adivasis, not Maoists, finds probe
Eight years after security personnel gunned down eight persons, including four minors, in Edesmetta in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, a judicial inquiry report, submitted to the state cabinet, called the incident "a mistake."
“We even don’t know where he has been buried”: Kashmiri parents say their son killed in a staged encounter
Imran Qayoom Dar, 31, Qayoom’s eldest son was killed in an encounter on July 25, in Munund village of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir. The next day, it turned out that the 'slain militant' was actually a civilian from Batengoo Anantnag.
Extrajudicial killings on the rise in Assam
Arif Jwadder, a lawyer from Assam has moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking an inquiry into all extrajudicial killings that have taken place in the state since May.
Ishrat Jahan extrajudicial killing: Case against three remaining cops dropped
A special CBI court in Ahmedabad on Wednesday discharged three policemen accused in the extrajudicial killing of Ishrat Jahan, Javed Shaikh and two others in June 2004.
