Meerut cops fail to protect witnesses; 4 killed this year in different incidents

Meerut | Tuesday | 18th September, 2018

Summary:

A woman and her son, witnesses in the 2016 murder of her husband, were killed in a double murder in January this year. Two witnesses in a murder case were killed in February in two separate incidents. For instance, threat of an attack on a witness increases during the time evidence is produced in court during trial. “A proper assessment of the threat is done by a district committee before giving out security to any of the witnesses. Meerut: Police here have failed to prevent attacks on witnesses to serious crimes..