During the operation, members of the proscribed People's Liberation Front of India opened fire at approaching security personnel and the law enforcers retaliated, he said.
Three Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district on Wednesday, the police said.
Police said the gangster snatched a pistol from one of the policemen injured in the accident and was shot when he opened fire while trying to flee.
The Army has initiated general court martial proceedings against a captain for the killing of three men in a staged encounter in Amshipura in south Kashmir in July 2020 after a Court of Inquiry found that troops had 'exceeded' powers vested under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, officials said in Srinagar on Sunday.
At present, 22 accused, mostly police personnel from Gujarat and Rajasthan, are facing trial in the case.
Security forces tightened their cordon around a forest area in the higher reaches of Doda district on Tuesday evening following an encounter with hiding terrorists, officials said.
Suresh Dhanaji Manchekar was involved in the killing of trade union leader Datta Samant.
A three-member inquiry commission on the encounter killings of four suspects in a case of gang-rape and murder of a veterinarian (named changed as Disha) in Hyderabad in December 2019 revealed that the firing by the police personnel was deliberate.
They said despite warnings, a mob had tried to approach the gunbattle site and hurled stones at the security personnel.
The court awarded life imprisonment to Singh on Friday and also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on him, government counsel Ashutosh Dubey said.
With the state police pursuing only notorious criminals, petty thugs continue to prey on victims.
Encounter specialist and former head of the Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) of the Mumbai police Pradeep Sharma has been dismissed from his service, Commissioner of Police Hasan Gafoor said on Sunday.
They handed the apology letter to Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh at the Akal Takht Secretariat at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The Akal Takht is the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs.
'If you accept that situation you don't require the judiciary, the criminal procedure law, the Indian Penal Code or even the Constitution because there is somebody who decides who gets to live and who gets to die.'
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite 2024 films that he watched at film festivals held in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and India.
The Special Investigation Team probing the 2004 police encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others, along with forensic experts, on Thursday reconstructed the events that took place on the day of the incident at the original site near Kotarpur area of the city. SIT chairman Satyapal Singh said that a eleven-member team from the All India Institute of Medical Science and Central Forensic Science Laboratory, New Delhi, was helping them in reconstruction and collection of data.
An alleged cow smuggler was shot dead and his accomplice injured in an encounter with Haryana police near Thanesar town in Kurukshetra in the wee hours on Sunday, police said.
'The idea of subversive activities is so vague that it could include making fun of the government, being critical of the government.'
A top Hizbul Mujahideen commander was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday, police said.
The gunfight, lasting more than an hour, took place at Jaddan Bata village in the Kastigarh area around 2 am when the terrorists opened fire on a temporary camp established in a government school for the ongoing search operation, they said.
Inspector general of police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said the slain ultras were members of proscribed terror outfit LeT.
The gun allegedly used by Bhardwaj to kill Singh originally belonged to Additional SP, Hisar, Ashok Sohran, Gurgaon Commissioner of Police Mohinder Lal told media persons in Gurgaon. Sohran has claimed that he had lost the weapon during a police operation.
Police and security forces neutralised an 'A+' categorised terrorist of proscribed terror outfit HM, a spokesperson of the Jammu and Kashmir police said
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday ordered a magisterial probe into the Hyderpora killings, following which inquiry officer Khurshid Ahmad Shah began the proceedings and sought information from the public about the incident.
At the outset, his counsel submitted before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma that he wishes to withdraw the petition and wants to file it before the Punjab and Haryana high court.
This has also raised concerns over undetected infiltrations from across the Line of Control and terrorists potentially residing in the outskirts of cities and villages, they said.
'The jungles of Doda covers about 250 km.' 'Sleeper cells are providing active help to the terrorists.' 'The terrain and situation is such that it is not possible to keep track of every inch.'
The murder of Atiq and his brother and the police encounter with his son have raised many questions about the propriety of how crime is tackled by the Yogi government. But Yogi knows he has the support of the people who are fed up with crime holding the state to ransom for decades, asserts Ramesh Menon.
'Some instigators are testing our patience. Hence, our government and the chief minister have given a clear message. In the coming days, we will make arrangements that the criminals should tremble to even think or dream of committing such murders'
'Leave aside the negative fallouts of phraseology like 'urban Naxals' and 'terrorists', both the BJP and the Congress have to re-discover themselves in the context of the 2024 election results, including those of the upcoming ones for Maharashtra and Jharkhand,' observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
A video taken around 6.30 am, just half an hour before the encounter, shows media cars chasing the convoy being stopped.
Ishfaq Dar alias Abu Akram, was not only responsible for attacks on security forces, but also for civilian killings, police said.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear on July 14 pleas, including the one filed by the sister of slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and Ashraf, seeking constitution of a commission chaired by a retired apex court judge to inquire into their "custodial" and "extra-judicial deaths".
The outlawed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) faction (anti-talks) led by fugitive commander in chief Paresh Barua on Monday accused that Assam police of shooting down an innocent youth and injuring four others in a 'fake encounter against ULFA ultras' in Tinsukia district of Assam on Sunday.
"The prime minister asked them to deploy the full spectrum of our counter-terror capabilities," an official source said.
A massive search operation is underway to flush out the terrorists, who are believed to have recently infiltrated from Pakistan, they said.
Seven terrorists, including terror outfit Ansar Ghazwatul Hind chief Imtiaz Ahmad Shah, were gunned down by security forces in two encounters in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian and Pulwama districts, police said on Friday.
Gujarat legislator Jignesh Mevani was granted bail by a court in Assam's Barpeta district on Friday in a case related to the alleged assault of a woman police officer.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested one more police officer in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others in 2004, officials of the agency said. The CBI on Saturday evening arrested Police Inspector of Special Operation Group, Gandhinagar, Bharat Patel in the case. He was produced on Sunday before the court, along with suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Tarun Barot, who was also arrested on Saturday.
According to police, Ramnarain alias Lakhan Bhaiyya was a close aide of Rajan and was also close to his lieutenant D K Rao, who is currently lodged in prison.
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