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Badlapur sexual assault case: ‘Cops may be right about having killed someone in self-defence but there must be accountability’

April 27, 2025 11:45 pm

Senior Advocate Mihir Desai, who has dealt with custodial death cases, speaks to Sadaf Modak on the due procedure to be followed in cases like the minor's sexual assault case of Badlapur

Special CBI court holds 2 former Punjab Police officers guilty for murder in 33-year-old fake encounter case

January 31, 2025 5:31 pm

The special CBI court will pronounce the sentence on February 4.

Two notorious criminals shot dead in separate incidents in UP

October 14, 2024 11:48 am

A gang leader carrying a reward of Rs 1.5 lakh was shot dead by the Bulandshahr police while a history-sheeter was killed by unidentified assailants in Hathras.

Notorious gangster killed in shootout with Uttar Pradesh Police

January 05, 2024 1:48 pm

The gangster, Vinod Kumar Upadhyay had unsuccessfully contested the 2007 Assembly election from Gorakhpur on a BSP ticket.

Criminal wanted in over 2 dozen cases killed in encounter: Police

January 13, 2023 4:08 am

Sajan alias Kallu, 34, facing more than two dozen cases in Meerut, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts, was also involved in dacoity at the house of SP leader Shrawan Choudhary in Meerut's Ganganagar area last November, said police.      

Hyder encounter: Odisha Human Rights Commission takes suo moto cognizance, seeks report

July 26, 2021 5:46 pm

According to the police, Hyder, who was serving a life sentence in a murder case, was being shifted to a jail in Baripada town of Mayurbhanj from Choudwar circle jail on Saturday when the incident happened.

Notorious criminal killed in encounter in Uttar Pradesh

December 31, 2017 1:56 pm

Shamim's accomplices managed to escape from the spot, he said. Around two dozen cases of loot and murder were registered against him at various police stations in Muzaffarnagar, Noida and Delhi, the official said.

Supreme Court issues elaborate guidelines on encounter death cases, makes FIR and probe mandatory

September 23, 2014 12:39 pm

The SC said that no officer shall be given out of turn promotion till the inquiry is completed on its genuineness.

Manipur orders judicial probe into encounter death

August 29, 2009 3:20 am

A judicial inquiry has been ordered into the alleged fake encounter that led to the killing of a youth in Manipur last month....

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