A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court, presided over by Judge RK Gupta, in Mohali, yesterday (7 June 2024) sentenced two former officials of the Punjab police in a 31-year-old fake encounter extrajudicial murder case.
As legal cases continue their slow march through Punjab’s courts, two remarkable and deeply troubling developments have finally put a piercing spotlight on a persistent and disturbing pattern in the state – innocent victims being falsely identified as Sikh ‘militants’ and subsequently killed in separate fake encounters.
A CBI Special Court in Mohali has convicted three Punjab Police officers for their involvement in the 1992 fake encounter murder of Sikh youth Harjit Singh. Former Inspector Dharam Singh, Assistant Sub-Inspector Gurdev Singh, and Sub-Inspector Surinder Singh were found guilty of their roles in the conspiracy and murder.
Additional Sessions Judge Parminder Singh Rai Gurdaspur convicts SI CHANAN SINGH and ASI TARLOK SINGH to life imprisonment under Section 302, 10 years imprisonment under Sec 364 (Kidnaping) and Sec 342 (wrongful confinement) and a fine of 5 Lac each and total Rs. 10 lac in compensation a 29-year-old case. SHO BALDEV SINGH and HC NIRMAL SINGH died during the trial.
CBI Court Mohali sentences two Punjab police to rigorous life imprisonment for four fake encounter murders and illegally cremating their dead bodies .
A bench of Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court resumes hearing PIL of 8257 missing and extra-judicially killed persons in staged encounters in Punjab from 1984-1995.
Punjab & Haryana High Court hears a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) identifying over 8,257 cases of enforced disappearances. These persons were killed in fake encounters by Indian forces in Punjab during 1980s-90s period in Punjab.
Another prosecution (CBI) witness in Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case turned hostile on Monday.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday informed the Bombay High Court that it had not filed any appeal challenging the discharge of senior IPS officers
Delhi's Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) here on Thursday while footing a confession tweeted by Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh last
The Supreme Court of India has reportedly vacated stay on trial of Punjab policemen facing murder charges for eliminating youth in fake encounters during the days in the 1990s period.
A CBI court yesterday (Dec. 01) awarded life imprisonment to four policemen, three of them from Uttar Pradesh, for abducting and then killing a Khanna resident in a fake encounter. In October 1993, these policemen from UP and Punjab subjected a Sikh youth to enforced disappearances and eliminated him declaring him a ‘terrorist’, to get promotions.
Ludhiana: Politics has started over the cold-blooded killing of two brothers in Jamalpur area of Ludhaina. A day after Senior Superintendent of Police, Khanna, Harsh Bansal, was suspended and Machhiwara Station House Officer Manjinder Singh dismissed following the killings of two Dalit youths of Bohapur village, residents of 15 villages staged a protest at Neelon on Sept. 30 claiming that police and a ruling party leader accused in this case were not to be blamed for the incident.