Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Extrajudicial killing

2 Muslims killed in Assam Police firing week after their arrest by UP Police

Two Muslim men Akbar Banjara and Salman Banjara, both residents of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut city were killed in an alleged gunfight in Assam’s Kokrajhar district on Tuesday.

Two rape accused, a Muslim and an Adivasi killed in police firing in Assam in 24 hours

Two men, a Muslim youth and an Adivasi youth who were accused of raping two minor girls in two separate incidents in Assam were gunned down by police on Tuesday.

146 killings in 5 years: Yogi Adityanath’s ‘encounter squad’

According to the data and several studies, Uttar Pradesh leads the country in custodial deaths and extrajudicial killings. Muslims, Dalits and people from Other Backward Communities were on the receiving end of Yogi's state terror.

In UP, judiciary is under pressure: Lawyer Abubakr Sabbaq

Ahead of UP State Assembly elections, Maktoob speaks to Sabbaq on law enforcement, judiciary and the spiking lawlessness in the state.

Killings, molestations; Rights group reports wave of abuses by BSF in West Bengal

2021 witnessed 10 extrajudicial killings and 19 incidents of torture and molestation by Border Security Force and Central Industrial Security Force personnel in West Bengal's Cooch Behar, Murshidabad, Nadia, and North 24 Parganas districts. The victims were Muslims, Dalits, OBCs including women and minors.

Present details of all police killings since BJP came to power in Assam: Gauhati HC

The Gauhati High Court on Monday directed the Assam government to present case details of all "alleged" encounter killings since the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in May. The court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea moved before it seeking an independent probe into the alleged fake encounters of the Assam Police.