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PILIBHIT FAKE ENCOUNTER OF SIKHS AND MOCKERY OF JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA
(Source: Human Rights Watch report; PHRO report: Asia Human rights watch Report)
PILIBHIT FAKE ENCOUNTER OF SIKHS AND MOCKERY OF JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA
(Source: Human Rights Watch report; PHRO report: Asia Human rights watch Report)
On July 13, ten Sikh bus passengers traveling in Uttar Pradesh state were taken into custody and shot dead in what authorities have claimed was an armed "encounter" with police. None of the detainees were armed as per witnesses. An 11th detainee who was minor has never been found
They were travelling on a bus carrying 25 Sikh Pilgrims to on a tour of Sikh shrines in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra stopped for the night in the town of Etawah, Uttar Pradesh when 3 police vehicles stopped them and asked the men to come out of bus.
They tied the men's hands behind their backs with their turbans. The police slapped the men and insulted them. They then put those men in their van. 12 policemen got on the bus and searched for 30-40 minutes. No arms were found in their luggage.
On July 14, ten of the eleven men who had been taken into custody were reported as having been killed in three separate "encounters" with the police in forest areas near the Nepal border. The newspaper reports made no mention of the eleventh detainee, 15 year old Talvinder Singh
It was found in the investigation that victims were later divided into three groups and killed at three different place. In one incident, a rifle of local farmer was confiscated by the police and was shown as rifle belonging to the Sikh victims.
The journalist who investigated the encounter, other guns "were procured by the police from different localities, often using coercive methods."19 Apart from these claims, police officials have not explained how the detainees engaged them in combat when they didn't have arms.
The police then photographed the bodies and reportedly cremated them in the early morning of July 13. The photographs appeared in the newspapers on July 14. Superintendent Tripathi told reporters that the police had killed the ten "militants" in "fierce encounters" in the forest
The driver Mustafa Hussain and witnesses from the bus were intimidated by police to not to talk to anyone about what happened that night. The families of the victims never ever got to see their loved ones again as they were CREMATED without anyone knowing.
The justice system of India did everything in its power to humiliate the families of the victims. In 2016, after 25 YEARS of fighting, 47 policemen were found guilty of killing Pilibhit encounter case ,BUT THATS NOT THE END OF IT.
indianexpress.com
indianexpress.com
In December 2022, Allahabad HC commuted the life sentence of 43 cops accused in the 1991 case to just 7 YEARS of rigorous punishment. Thats Indian Justice system for Sikhs.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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