New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Amid the controversy surrounding the encounter death of Bharat Tiwari in Bhojpur, a major revelation emerged on Saturday that the young man’s body was riddled with five bullets. IANS has accessed the post-mortem report, which details five bullet injuries sustained by Tiwari. According to the report, the first bullet struck the upper front portion of his left thigh. The second hit the inner side of the middle section of the left thigh.The third bullet struck the inner si…
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Lucknow, June 26 (IANS) A Rs 50,000 reward-carrying accused was killed in a police encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district early on Friday, while his accomplice escaped under cover of darkness. A police sub-inspector was also injured by a gunshot during the exchange of fire, officials said. According to the Uttar Pradesh Police, the encounter took place near a tubewell close to the Khandrawali Culvert under the jurisdiction of Kandhla Police Station during a joint operation carried out by t…
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…
Ghaziabad, May 30 (IANS) A day after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Ghaziabad, the victim’s neighbours demanded that the accused be subjected to encounter and bulldozer action. A local woman also alleged that hospital authorities had refused treatment to the teenager because the family could not arrange the required money.A woman said: “The demand is that the victim’s family should get justice, and those who killed the child should be encountered. Bulldozers should be used to demolish…
Ghaziabad, May 30 (IANS) Following the stabbing of a 17-year-old boy in Ghaziabad, the victim’s neighbours alleged that one hospital had refused treatment to the teenager as the family could not pay the required money. They complained that the boy could have been saved if he had got timely medical attention and added that the body of the teenager was yet to be received by the family.A local woman told reporters, “We have not received his body as yet. The mother of the child has not even seen how…
Mathura, May 25 (IANS) A fierce encounter broke out between the police and a gang of notorious cattle thieves in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district on Monday, officials said.The incident happened within the jurisdiction of the Jait Police Station of Mathura. During the exchange of fire between the two sides, three accused persons sustained bullet injuries after police retaliated in self-defence. The injured accused were later shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.Police officials said a subst…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Two alleged notorious criminals were arrested after an encounter with the Delhi Police near Zakir Husain College on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg in the national capital, officials said on Sunday. The operation was carried out by the Special Staff team of the Central District of Delhi Police, which apprehended the two accused, identified as Sahil and Avinash, following an exchange of fire late on Saturday night. Both sustained bullet injuries to their legs during the encounter a…
Patna, April 29 (IANS) The sensational Sultanganj shootout case in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district took a dramatic turn as the prime accused, Ramdhani Yadav, was killed in a police encounter in the early hours of Wednesday.The incident has further intensified concerns over law and order, while creating an atmosphere of tension across the region.According to the police, Ramdhani Yadav, along with two of his accomplices, surrendered before the police after the daylight murder of EO Krishna Bhushan and …
Patna, Jan 16 (IANS) A robber was arrested during an encounter with cops in Patna, police said on Friday.The encounter occurred late Thursday night while attempting to apprehend the accused persons involved in a robbery case.During the operation, one criminal sustained a gunshot injury to his leg and was arrested.The incident was linked to a robbery on January 9 in the Katahra locality under the Maner police station area, in which the assailants shot at the gold merchant.The crime, which was cap…
Jammu, Jan 7 (IANS) An encounter is underway between the security forces and the terrorists in the hilly Billawar area of J&K’s Kathua district. Officials said that the encounter started in Kahog village of Billawar tehsil on Wednesday evening after the security forces started a search operation following information about the presence of two to three terrorists in the area.IGP Jammu zone, Bhim Sen Tuti, confirmed the encounter on X.The senior police officer said on X, “SOG Kathua has en…