The brazen murder of Atiq Ahmed and his brother, captured live on television cameras, has once again focused on the ferocity and frequency of police encounter deaths in Uttar Pradesh. That the murder took place during a press interview conducted by the police only adds to the questions surrounding the motivation of the state and its police force.
A special court in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday acquitted three persons and convicted one for their alleged involvement in the gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit girl at Hathras in 2020
Allahabad high court division bench while hearing a petition filed by Aklesh Kumar Singh directed the CBCID to investigate the murder of contractor Nitesh Singh Bablu, a resident of Sarnath, by indiscriminate firing in broad daylight in Sadar tehsil, Varanasi.