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Suspect in Assam railway track blast gunned down in police encounter

October 25, 2025 4:37 pm

The deceased, identified as Epil Murmu, is believed to be a member of the National Santhal Liberation Army, the Assam Police said.

According to police, they were alerted on Saturday evening that a room in the Mumtaz Mahal Hall hostel had not been opened since Friday evening, raising suspicion of foul play. (File Photo)

Gangster carrying Rs 1 lakh bounty killed in police encounter in UP's Shamli

October 24, 2025 9:44 am

The encounter took place late Thursday evening in a jungle area of Bhogi Majra, said police.

‘He had reaped the fruits of his actions’: A murder on Gandhinagar's Narmada canal banks & an ‘encounter’ that killed accused near site days later

September 27, 2025 10:08 am

Accidental death report filed in Gandhinagar 'Police encounter' case; Police informs NHRC about "custodial death"

National human rights panel seeks report on Hubballi girl’s rape-murder and suspect’s encounter death

April 30, 2025 10:54 pm

Accused of raping and murdering the minor girl, Bihar native Ritesh Kumar, 35, was shot in the leg and back when he allegedly attacked police in Hubballi on April 13.

Naxalite killed in encounter with police in Chhattisgarh

March 11, 2024 3:36 pm

The gun battle took place in a forest along the border of Dantewada-Bijapur districts when joint teams of various security forces were out on an anti-Naxal operation.

2 history sheeters, including Parthiban murder key accused, killed in police encounter in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur

October 12, 2023 12:56 pm

One of the deceased, Saravanan, was the brain behind the murder of AIADMK functionary Parthiban in August.

Kokerang operation hasn’t disturbed the peace in area, says J&K Police chief

September 27, 2023 12:45 pm

The 7-day-long Kokernag encounter had left 4 security personnel and 2 LeT militants dead.

Vandita Mishra writes: When a don is shot dead under police escort on live TV in UP

April 16, 2023 7:36 pm

The events of last week have resurrected difficult questions about rule of law, politics and impunity in the state

Police personnel guard as an ambulance carries the body of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's son Asad Ahmed for his last rites at Kasari-Masari graveyard, in Prayagraj. (Photo: PTI)

The ‘suraksha’ story: How police encounters are justified in Uttar Pradesh

April 17, 2023 9:19 am

They are seen as an important part of the security narrative of the Yogi Adityanath government, which has created political capital for Yogi and BJP

UP Police Anand Sagar encounter Jaunpur Satna police

Notorious criminal from Madhya Pradesh killed in encounter, says UP police

March 16, 2023 12:51 pm

The accused, Anand Sagar, was a member of the Subhash Yadav gang and police records show that the gang is active in Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Varanasi and Madhya Pradesh's Satna.