Summary:
Following guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in a 2014 case, the Uttar Pradesh government will hold an inquiry into the killing of gangster Vikas Dubey who was shot dead by policemen who said he tried to flee while being moved from Madhya Pradesh.
The outcome of that inquiry is anybody’s guess.
For, as per records, Dubey is the 119th accused to have been killed in what police called cross-firing since the Yogi Adityanath government took charge in March 2017.
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Lucknow: Following guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in a 2014 case, the Uttar Pradesh government will hold an inquiry into the killing of gangster Vikas Dubey who was shot dead by policemen who said he tried to flee while being moved from Madhya Pradesh.
The outcome of that inquiry is anybody’s guess.
For, as per records, Dubey is the 119th accused to have been killed in what police called cross-firing since the Yogi Adityanath government took charge in March 2017.
Records show that in all, there have been 6,145 operations in which 119 accused have died and 2,258 others injured.
In these operations, 13 policemen lost their lives which include the eight near Kanpur last week.
A total of 885 policemen were injured.
Despite the legal framework of landmark rulings and independent inquiries, due process in encounter killings continues to be disregarded.