The controversy over the encounter of UP's Mangesh Yadav had not even subsided when his associate Anuj Pratap Singh was also killed in an encounter. While the issue of encounter is hot in UP, Akshay Shinde, the accused in Maharashtra's much talked about Badlapur sexual harassment case, was killed in an encounter on Monday. According to the police theory, he snatched the pistol of the police officer and fired and was killed in retaliation. The opposition is calling it a fake encounter. Encounters and controversies over them are nothing new in India. Political parties sometimes accuse of fake encounters on the basis of religion and sometimes on the basis of caste. Let us look at some of the famous encounters that happened in recent times.
Last month, the incident of brutality against school girls in Badlapur, Maharashtra had spread anger among the people. A large number of angry people had come out on the streets. Under pressure, the Eknath Shinde government had hastily formed an inquiry committee. Accused Akshay Shinde was appointed as a contract employee in the school on 1 August. It is a coincidence that on 23 September, the day when Anuj Pratap Singh, accused in the Sultanpur robbery case of UP, was killed in an encounter, Akshay Shinde was also killed in an encounter in Maharashtra. In both the cases, the family members are accusing of fake encounters. The opposition is also raising questions on these encounters.
Two accused of Sultanpur robbery case killed in encounter
Last month on 28 August, a jewellery shop in Sultanpur, UP was robbed at gunpoint. A week later on 5 September, two accused were killed in an encounter. The accused named Mangesh Yadav died in the police encounter, while the other accused Ajay Yadav was shot in the leg. He is currently undergoing treatment. This case has gained a lot of attention.
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Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav accused the Yogi government of carrying out encounters on the basis of caste. He said that Yadavs are being selectively killed. He raised the question that why the Thakur accused of the CM's caste were not killed in the case? Akhilesh also went to Mangesh Yadav's house. UP Congress President Ajay Rai also went to his house. The opposition's attacks on the Yogi government regarding the encounter had not yet stopped when on September 23, another accused of the Sultanpur case was killed in a police encounter. The accused's name was Anuj Pratap Singh. This time, the father of the accused killed in the encounter cursed Akhilesh Yadav and said that now that Thakur has been killed in an encounter, his heart must have got some relief.
Accused drowns to death while escaping from police custody in Assam
Exactly a month ago, on August 24, Tafazul Islam, the prime accused in the gangrape of a minor girl in Nagaon district of Assam, died by drowning in a pond. Although it was not an encounter, the accused died in police custody. According to Assam Police, the accused was being taken to the crime scene to recreate the crime scene, when he started running and jumped into a pond. The accused died by drowning.
Vikas Dubey Encounter
4 years ago on 3 July 2020, a police team went to Bikru village in Kanpur to arrest a gangster named Vikas Dubey. There, Dubey and his army of goons shot dead 8 policemen including a DSP. This incident shook the Yogi government. The search for Vikas Dubey and his gang intensified. Dubey was arrested from Ujjain. He was being brought to Kanpur by road, but according to the police, the car in which Vikas Dubey was sitting overturned on the way. According to the claim, after the car overturned, Dubey snatched a policeman's pistol and started running and was killed in an encounter. Later, many criminals of Vikas Dubey gang were also killed in different police encounters. After this incident, the politics of UP became very heated. Opposition parties accused the Yogi government of targeting 'Brahmins'.
There was a fake encounter of the accused of brutality with a veterinarian in Hyderabad
In November 2019, a veterinary doctor was gang-raped and murdered in Hyderabad. The criminals also tried to burn the body after the murder. After this incident, there was tremendous outrage in the whole country including Telangana. The police arrested 4 accused in this case, Mohammad Arif, Chintakuntla, Chennakeshavallu and Jol Shiva. On 6 December 2019, the police took the four accused to the crime scene to recreate the crime scene. According to the police, there the accused tried to escape by snatching the pistol of the police and in this connection, all four accused were killed in an encounter. The news of the accused being killed in the encounter spread like wildfire across the country. A large number of people reached the spot and celebrated. The police was greatly appreciated. The matter of the encounter reached the Supreme Court and the apex court constituted a commission to investigate it.
anandpal encounter
The Anandpal encounter in Rajasthan in 2017 was also much talked about. A bounty of Rs 5 lakh was placed on this notorious gangster. The Rajasthan police was unsuccessful in catching him, due to which it was being criticized a lot. Ultimately, he was killed in an 'encounter' with the police in Salasar, Rajasthan.
Encounter of 8 terrorists who escaped from jail
In 2016, 8 SIMI terrorists escaped from Bhopal Central Jail in Madhya Pradesh. While fleeing, the terrorists also killed a police constable. Later, the police surrounded all these terrorists near a hill and killed them in an encounter.
Ishrat Jahan, Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Tulsi Prajapati encounter in Gujarat
When Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, many such encounters took place in the state which became quite famous. Allegations of fake encounters were made. On 15 June 2004, Gujarat Police and Crime Branch killed 4 suspected terrorists in an encounter near a water treatment plant in Gandhinagar. These included Ishrat Jahan, a resident of Mumbra near Mumbai, her friend Pranavesh Pillai alias Javed Sheikh and two Pakistani citizens Amjalali Rana and Zeeshan Johar. According to the police, these four were associated with the Pakistani terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba. This matter also reached the court. Cases were registered against the police officers but the court honorably acquitted all the policemen.
A year after the Ishrat Jahan encounter, i.e. in 2005, Gujarat and Rajasthan police carried out a joint operation and killed Sohrabuddin Sheikh in an encounter in Ahmedabad. Sheikh was accused of killing Gujarat's then Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003. Another accused in the same case and Sheikh's sharp shooter Tulsi Prajapati was also killed in a police encounter in 2007.
Seek Home Encounter
On 13 September 2008, the country's capital Delhi was shaken by serial bomb blasts. Several blasts took place one after another in Karol Bagh, Connaught Place, India Gate and Greater Kailash. 6 days later, on 19 September, an encounter took place between the terrorists of Indian Mujahideen and the Special Cell of Delhi Police in Batla House in Jamia Nagar. In this encounter, two terrorists Atif Amin and Sajid were killed. Two terrorists Arij and Shahzad were arrested by the police while fleeing. In this encounter, brave police officer of Delhi Police, Mohan Chand Sharma made the supreme sacrifice. There was a lot of politics on this matter. Allegations of fake encounter were made but it was proved in the court that the encounter was real.
Several other encounters were also famous
Apart from these, many other encounters were discussed across the country. These include cases like the encounter of gangster Manya Surve in Wadala in 1982, the encounter of sand mafia Pushpendra Yadav in UP in 2019, the encounter of Dara Singh alias Daria in Rajasthan in 2006. Apart from this, many bandit leaders have also been killed in encounters at different times. These include the encounter of bandit leader Dadua in Manikpur police station area of Chitrakoot district of UP in 2007. Apart from Dadua, his 5 companions were also killed in police encounters.
