New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged ‘fake’ encounter killing of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district and raising concerns over the growing trend of extra-judicial killings and “half encounters”.A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Sheel Nagu questioned the maintainability of the plea under Article 32 of the Constitution and asked the petitioner to pursue appr…
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New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Tuesday a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged fake encounter killing of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district and raising concerns over the growing trend of extra-judicial killings and “half encounters”.As per the causelist published on the apex court’s official website, a Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Sheel Nagu is scheduled to take up the matter on Tuesday.The writ p…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Tuesday a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged fake encounter killing of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district and raising concerns over the growing trend of extra-judicial killings and “half encounters”. As per the causelist published on the apex court’s official website, a Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Sheel Nagu is scheduled to take up the matter on June 30.The writ …
Patna, June 27 (IANS) Amid the controversy surrounding the encounter death of Bharat Tiwari in Bhojpur, the East Champaran police have suspended a Constable posted at the Motihari Police Lines after he allegedly made public statements regarding the case which went viral.Constable Ashish Kumar Tiwari was suspended following a departmental enquiry conducted by the police administration.Ashish Kumar Tiwari made statements on social media and to media organizations in which he described himself as B…
Patna, June 26 (IANS) Amid the continuing controversy surrounding the death of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in an alleged police encounter, residents of Bilauti village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district on Friday begun efforts to preserve his memory by associating his name with a newly developing settlement in the area. Local residents and supporters have installed a large signboard at the site where Bharat Bhushan Tiwari was killed in an encounter on June 17.The board carries the message, “Your sacrifice wi…
Patna, June 25 (IANS) The alleged police encounter of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district has taken a fresh turn as the judicial commission constituted by the Bihar government began its enquiry into the controversial incident. However, the deceased young man’s mother, Asha Devi, objected to the presence of Special Task Force (STF) personnel during the enquiry team’s visit.A commission headed by retired Patna High Court Judge Vinod Kumar Sinha visited Bilauti village on Thursday t…
Patna, June 25 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister, Samrat Choudhary, while speaking at a program organised to observe ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’, addressed the controversy surrounding the encounter death of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari and stated that the government would ensure that no injustice is done to anyone.Referring to the Bhojpur encounter case, Choudhary claimed that the Bihar government acted promptly after the incident by ordering a judicial enquiry and constituting a high-level commission to investi…
Patna, June 25 (IANS) The judicial inquiry into the controversial encounter death of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari has formally begun, with a commission-led team visiting the Bilauti village in the Shahpur block of Bihar’s Bhojpur on Thursday. The inquiry team is led by retired High Court Justice Vinod Kumar Sinha, who was appointed to lead the judicial commission constituted by the Bihar government to conduct an independent investigation into the police encounter.During the visit, Justice Sinha and oth…
Patna, June 24 (IANS) Bharat Bhushan Tiwari, who was shot by police in an encounter, was in a critical condition when brought to the Shahpur Primary Health Centre (PHC) and hence was “timely” referred to the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) following primary care, the Bhojpur Civil Surgeon said.Civil Surgeon Shivendra Kumar Sinha further said that he was unaware of what transpired after the patient was taken to the Patna hospital.Bharat Bhushan Tiwari, a resident of Belauti village in B…
Patna, June 24 (IANS) Public anger continues to intensify over the controversial police encounter of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district. A Mahapanchayat was organised on Wednesday in Bilauti village of Bhojpur district, the ancestral village of the deceased, where a large gathering pledged to continue the agitation until justice is delivered.Addressing the gathering, Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor said that merely taking action against the police personnel who fired the shot…