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6 most controversial encounter killings in India

By Prakash
krishna murthy
Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year-old from Mumbra near Mumbai, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed by Gujarat Police in an encounter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004. After the incident, an investigation was launched based on allegations that the description of the incident by the police was false.
Sohrabuddin

Sohrabuddin, a suspected gangster with terror links, and his wife were killed in an alleged fake encounter by the Gujarat Police in November 2005, while Prajapati, his aide, was killed in another alleged fake encounter by the Gujarat and Rajasthan police in December 2006.
The Batla House encounter, as it had become known, had taken place on September 19, 2008, in which two suspected terrorists were killed and two other suspects arrested. After the incident accusations were raised against the Police by various other politicians, media, and civil society outfits for carrying out a fake encounter.
Vikas Dubeywas killed in an encounter on July 8, 2020 after a police vehicle carrying him from Ujjain to Kanpur met with an accident and he tried to escape from the spot in Bhauti area, police said. He was killed in Maudaha village in Hamirpur district. On July 9, Praveen Dubey, alias Bauwa (48), and Prabhat, alias Kartikeya (28), were killed in separate.
Four youths, accused of gang raping and murdering a young veterinarian in Hyderabad in 2019, were killed in police firing on December 6, 2019 at Chattanpalli in Andhra when they were taken to the scene of crime near the culvert, under which the charred remains of the 25-year-old veterinarian were found on November 28.
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