NEW DELHI: The father of Badlapur sexual assault case accused has written a letter to Union home minister Amit Shah and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday, seeking police protection for himself and his family. He alleged that they have been receiving threats following the death of his son, Akshay Shinde, who was…
Accused Akshay Shinde (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday questioned several aspects concerning the death of the Badlapur accused who was shot down after he allegedly grabbed a gun and opened fire while in police custody.Noting the probe into the shoot-out should be carried out in a fair and impartial manner,…
NEW DELHI: The family of the deceased accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case moved the Bombay high court on Tuesday, seeking the establishment of a special investigating team to probe the alleged “fake encounter.”“The accused was in custody when he was shot dead in a fake encounter. This is a cold-blooded murder by criminals…
GUWAHATI: Postmortem and inquest reports of three Hmar individuals, who Assam Police said were militants killed in a “crossfire” between cops and another group of militants on July 16 in Cachar district, have revealed that besides bullet marks, their bodies also showed injuries from the impact of a blunt force. The reports have fuelled allegations…
MOHALI: Thirty-one years after a fake encounter, the family of vegetable vendor Gulshan Kumar, who had been abducted and killed, got a compensation of Rs 2 lakh as a special CBI court of judge RK Gupta in Mohali on Friday sentenced former Punjab police DIG Dilbagh Singh to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) and former…
MOHALI: Former deputy inspector general (DIG) of Punjab Dilbagh Singh was sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment, while former deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Gurbachan Singh was awarded life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of vegetable vendor Gulshan Kumar. Special CBI Court Judge RK Gupta had convicted the two former police officers on…
MOHALI: Special CBI court judge RK Gupta on Thursday convicted former Punjab Police DIG Dilbagh Singh and retired DSP Gurbachan Singh in a fake encounter case of 1993. The conviction came 31 years after the fake encounter and the two convicted former police officers will be sentenced on Friday.Advocate Sarabjeet Singh Verka said the case…
RAIPUR: Two days after security forces claimed to have killed 12 Maoists in an encounter in Bastar’s Bijapur, local villagers, mostly women, marched to district headquarters accusing police of a fake encounter. Innocent villagers were gunned down while collecting tendu leaves, they claimed.DIG (South Bastar) Kamalochan Kashyap said those killed were Maoists, many of whom…
