INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Suspecting a systemic flaw in the killings of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother while in police custody, the
Supreme Court Friday sought probe status in 183 encounter killings that took place in Uttar Pradesh after BJP assumed office under CM Yogi
Adityanath and said it wanted to put in place a pan-India mechanism, in sync with NHRC guidelines, to probe such killings.A bench of
Justices S R Bhat and Aravind Kumar asked UP advocate general Ajay Kumar Mishra to ensure that the state government files an affidavit in
six weeks detailing the status of investigations into all encounter killings that took place in the last six years, specify cases in which
chargesheets have been filed and stage of trial in these.However, repeated demand by PIL petitioner Vishal Tiwari seeking an independent
judicial commission to inquire into the encounter killings and role of police officers was brushed aside by the bench
"The state government has already formed a judicial commission of inquiry
We will deal with the issue relating to laying down guidelines for inquiry into encounter killings," it said.
