Police Encounter

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Security personnel during an encounter with Naxalites, in Kanker district, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. At least 29 Naxalites were killed by the security forces, and three security personnel suffered injuries, according to police. (PTI Photo)

29 Naxals killed in Bastar encounter

The joint search party came under attack by Naxals near the forested village of Happatola at around 2 pm on Tuesday

17 Apr 2024 1:08 AM

Police and forensic team investigate the site of encounter in Kanpur. PTI photo

Kanpur: 8 UP police personnel killed in encounter with criminals; Opposition targets Yogi government

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid tributes to the slain policemen and conveyed his heartfelt condolences to their family members

03 Jul 2020 10:17 AM

Police at the site of the alleged encounter of the four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinary on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Friday morning. (Photo: PTI)

Anatomy of a police encounter in India

Policemen are nervously preparing to take the accused to the spot where the crime took place and recreate it.

15 Dec 2019 12:00 AM

Roy said, 'I can never accept that encounter or kangaroo courts can ever be the standard operating procedure in dispensing criminal justice. People ought to be arrested, taken before the court, charge-sheeted, tried and the court will hand out punishment to them which is to be carried out'. (Photo: ANI)

'Encounter, Kangaroo court can't be standard operating procedure': Meghalaya Guv

Earlier this Friday, the police said that all 4 accused in the case were killed in an encounter.

08 Dec 2019 11:17 AM

The 43-page charge sheet lists 81 witnesses and the evidence include stolen mobile phones and footage of CCTV cameras on the route from where the boy was kidnapped. (Representational Image)

Shahdara kidnapping case: Delhi Police file charge sheet

The boy was rescued after encounter between police and kidnappers at Shalimar City.

15 May 2018 5:53 PM

On February 18, more than 20 Naxals were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

J’khand: 4 naxals killed in encounter between Maoists, security forces

The encounter broke out during a special search operation by troops of 134 Battalion of CRPF and state police in Jharkhand's Palamu.

26 Feb 2018 2:03 PM

Relatives of Madhav Bharadwaj, who was killed in a police crossfire, mourn at his home in Mathura. (Photo: AFP)

Boy dies in ‘police encounter’ in UP

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has sought a compensation of Rs 50 lakh for the family of the deceased.

19 Jan 2018 2:04 AM

The encounter occurred on Amka road in Dadri when the police was checking vehicles. (Representational image)

Police kills notorious criminal carrying cash reward in encounter

According to police official, criminal has been identified as Aslam, who has been involved in several cases of murder and loot.

11 Dec 2017 10:58 AM

UP: 2 criminals killed, 7 policemen injured during encounter

The police had earlier offered cash reward of Rs. 60,000 on the two slain criminals.

29 Jul 2017 9:27 AM

Earlier in June, 1 SOG jawan lost his life while 10 others sustained injuries due to a Maoist ambush in Kandhamal district of Odisha. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

2 Maoists shot dead in encounter with police forces in Bihar

In a similar case, a top Naxal commander identified as Mahesh was also killed in a police encounter in Ranidongri, Chhattisgarh on June 16.

18 Jun 2017 1:53 PM

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