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CID to probe Karnataka ‘poacher’ killings as autopsy shows close-range firing

August 26, 2026 11:47 am

The autopsy reports revealed that one of the three victims had been shot from close range, contradicting forest officials’ claims that the men were on a rock at a slightly higher altitude.

Karnataka rights panel to visit families of ‘poachers' killed in 'encounter'

August 20, 2026 6:47 pm

The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognisance of the incident in which forest officials shot three suspected poachers allegedly in self-defence inside the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagar.

Punjab court summons logbooks, CCTV clips in Ranjit Singh 'encounter' case

August 04, 2026 5:39 pm

Ranjit Singh was killed in an alleged police encounter three days after he was accused of killing two policemen at a border checkpost in Punjab's Gurdaspur district.

'I was denied a job, my father was labelled a terrorist: Son of Punjab cop killed in 1993 fake encounter says 4 generations have suffered

July 26, 2025 1:48 pm

Charanjit Singh, son of fake encounter victim Surmukh Singh, says he doesn't know about the movie 'Punjab '95', based on the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, who fought against such encounters.

Ex-Beas SHO gets 10 years imprisonment in 1993 fake encounter case

July 24, 2025 12:53 am

The case dates back to April 18, 1993, when Constable Surmukh Singh (Muchhal village, Baba Bakala) and Constable Sukhwinder Singh (Khiala village, Amritsar), both in their early 20s, were picked up by the police and illegally detained

Kin of Colonel assaulted by Punjab cops seeks CBI probe into NRI youth’s ‘fake’ encounter

July 23, 2025 4:13 am

Petition in HC links Jaspreet Singh’s killing to same police team accused of assaulting Colonel Pushpinder Bath; questions rewards, demands impartial probe

Fake encounter: Special CBI court convicts three ex-Punjab cops

June 01, 2025 3:15 am

The court also directed that compensation be paid to the Class-I legal heirs of the deceased, Palwinder Singh, from the fines

Four years after Surendrangar man, minor son were killed in 'fake encounter', FIR lodged against 7 police personnel

May 31, 2025 3:48 am

In 2022, Suhana, who was 13 at the time, filed a writ petition with the Gujarat High Court, requesting legal action against the accused policemen

Supreme Court asks Assam Human Rights Commission to inquire into alleged fake encounters in state

May 29, 2025 2:23 am

The SC also set aside the January 12, 2022, order passed by a full bench of the Assam Human Rights Commission disposing of the issue of fake police encounters.

Gujarat: How a 13-year-old’s petition led to probe against seven cops involved in her father’s ‘encounter’

May 04, 2025 12:34 am

The order came following a petition moved before the Gujarat High Court by Jatmalek’s 13-year-old daughter Suhana

Army Confirms Life Terms For It's 6 Personnels In Machil Fake Encounter: An Analysis

September 08, 2015 12:49 pm