Encounter Raj News Today

In this novel approach to annihilation, the police are only a mute witness, not a participant.

If encounter killings and summary justice acquire legitimacy, what prevents the state from using them even against the innocent, or to settle scores against opponents?

At the heart of due process is the political will to ensure it. With the Atiq and Ashraf Ahmed killings, what is visible is its stark contrast

Atiq and Ashraf Ahmed who were in handcuffs, were shot dead by three men posing as journalists when they were answering reporters' queries while being escorted by police personnel to a medical college in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj for a checkup on Saturday night.

In their editorials, English-language newspapers highlighted how the killings pointed to a complete breakdown of the rule of law in Uttar Pradesh, and should be seen as a law and order crisis.

Abhorrence for Atiq’s crimes should have led to a robust prosecution, not his elimination through extra legal means

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday expressed deep anguish over the murder of former MP Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in Uttar Pradesh and claimed that she is really "shocked" over the twin murder."I am ...