Did Atiq Ahmed's Killing See the Invention of a New Method of 'Encounter'?
In this novel approach to annihilation, the police are only a mute witness, not a participant.
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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.