Fake Encounter Case

A case of murder has been registered against 13 police personnel, including a former superintendent of police, in connection with an alleged fake encounter, officials said on Saturday.

In a case related to killing of five men in a fake encounter in Assam 28 years ago, the Gauhati High Court has told the petitioners to get a copy of court martial proceedings of seven convicted Indian Army personnel before a decision on compensation

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, said to be involved in the murder of singer Sidhu Moose Wala, will move Punjab and Haryana High Court with plea to not give his custory to Punjab Police fearing a fake encounter, news agency ANI reported.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday listed for hearing the plea moved by Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. He moved High Court after his name surfaced in the singer Sidhu Moose Wala murder case.

Two policemen, charged with the death of a tribal girl in an alleged fake encounter in 2011, were acquitted by a court in Chhattisgarh despite "ample suspicion" as the prosecution failed to submit strong evidence against the accused.

A court in Shahjahanpur has directed the police to register a case against 18 policemen including the then superintendent of police chief in an alleged fake encounter case in which two persons were killed 18 years ago.

A case has been registered against 18 police personnel, including a Superintendent of Police (SP), in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur for an alleged fake encounter.

A retired police circle officer, who was absconding in a 2002 fake encounter case, surrendered before a court on Wednesday, the authorities said.

A local court Monday started proceedings in a case alleging staging of a fake encounter by the Assam Police, by the family of an accused who was injured in police firing while purportedly trying to flee custody, the advocate of the complainant said.

A special CBI court today discharged police officers GL Singhal, Tarun Barot and Anaju Chaudhary in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case.

The Jammu and Kashmir police have filed a chargesheet against three people, including an Army officer, in the alleged fake encounter in Shopian district of south Kashmir earlier this year.

A First Information Report was registered against a Facebook page for allegedly circulating a fake news about an encounter between police and terrorists in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a senior police officer said.

Former IPS officer DG Vanzara, who was accused in the alleged fake encounters of Ishrat Jahan and Sohrabuddin Sheikh and was later discharged in both the cases, has been given post-retirement promotion as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) by the Gujarat government, six years after he retired from service.

Former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, who is contesting the upcoming Maharashtra polls as Shiv Sena candidate, has said during his jail term of three-and-a-half years in the Lakhan Bhaiya alleged fake encounter case, he spent two-and-a-half years in hospital.

Alleging that police killed a youth in Jhansi last week in a staged gunfight, the Samajwadi Party on Tuesday demanded lodging of a murder case against the SHO involved in the encounter and a probe into the incident by a sitting high court judge.

A case of murder has been registered against 13 police personnel, including a former superintendent of police, in connection with an alleged fake encounter, officials said on Saturday.

In a case related to killing of five men in a fake encounter in Assam 28 years ago, the Gauhati High Court has told the petitioners to get a copy of court martial proceedings of seven convicted Indian Army personnel before a decision on compensation

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, said to be involved in the murder of singer Sidhu Moose Wala, will move Punjab and Haryana High Court with plea to not give his custory to Punjab Police fearing a fake encounter, news agency ANI reported.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday listed for hearing the plea moved by Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. He moved High Court after his name surfaced in the singer Sidhu Moose Wala murder case.

Two policemen, charged with the death of a tribal girl in an alleged fake encounter in 2011, were acquitted by a court in Chhattisgarh despite "ample suspicion" as the prosecution failed to submit strong evidence against the accused.

A court in Shahjahanpur has directed the police to register a case against 18 policemen including the then superintendent of police chief in an alleged fake encounter case in which two persons were killed 18 years ago.

A case has been registered against 18 police personnel, including a Superintendent of Police (SP), in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur for an alleged fake encounter.

A retired police circle officer, who was absconding in a 2002 fake encounter case, surrendered before a court on Wednesday, the authorities said.

A local court Monday started proceedings in a case alleging staging of a fake encounter by the Assam Police, by the family of an accused who was injured in police firing while purportedly trying to flee custody, the advocate of the complainant said.

A special CBI court today discharged police officers GL Singhal, Tarun Barot and Anaju Chaudhary in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case.

The Jammu and Kashmir police have filed a chargesheet against three people, including an Army officer, in the alleged fake encounter in Shopian district of south Kashmir earlier this year.

A First Information Report was registered against a Facebook page for allegedly circulating a fake news about an encounter between police and terrorists in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a senior police officer said.

Former IPS officer DG Vanzara, who was accused in the alleged fake encounters of Ishrat Jahan and Sohrabuddin Sheikh and was later discharged in both the cases, has been given post-retirement promotion as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) by the Gujarat government, six years after he retired from service.

Former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, who is contesting the upcoming Maharashtra polls as Shiv Sena candidate, has said during his jail term of three-and-a-half years in the Lakhan Bhaiya alleged fake encounter case, he spent two-and-a-half years in hospital.

Alleging that police killed a youth in Jhansi last week in a staged gunfight, the Samajwadi Party on Tuesday demanded lodging of a murder case against the SHO involved in the encounter and a probe into the incident by a sitting high court judge.