press note The alleged police encounter held at Behniwal is cold blooded murders series committed by state machinery in the name of fake encounters, said Prof. Ajmer Aulakh, State President And Prof Jagmohan, General Sec. Of Association For Democratic Rights, PB., while addressing a press conference at release of Fact Finding report. The Fact Finding Team comprising of Prof Ajmer Aulakh, Narbhinder (State Organising Sec.,), Pritpal (State Publishing Sec.,), Adv N K Jeet, Adv Balkaran Balli, Com Jaspal Khokhar( Co Convener Rediacal People Forum), visited places of Incidents i.e alleged cuprits Mr Nahar Singh, Kulwinder Singh And Jaswinder Singh escaped from the Custody of Six policemen party armed with two carbines and one SLR on the evening of 25 April, injuring one Policeman And Killing Another; Behniwal where Nahar Singh And Kulwinder Singh killed in Alleged Police encounter in theintervening night between 26th-27th April , while Jaswinder Singh managed to escape; studied related FIRs, postmortem reports of the victims, gathered information from people at the site of incidents, their relatives. While preparing the report the Team sought the opinion of Doctors, Forensic Experts and Criminal law Advocates, kept in mind the provision for arresting the offenders, and Supreme Court Guidelines in case of fake polce encounters.The team concluded that:- The clothes(Underwear) And Shoes ( Blue white Chappales) born by the escapers, their riding down from motorcycle to flee in fields (Which will be very difficult to run with,and not expected from professional absconders) as reported in FIR at the time of encounter is far from reality. The place of encounter can’t be in open fields. No body injured from police party, as in an encounter both side will bear the burnt. All the injuries on persons killed in said encounter are above the waist, which shows police intended to kill themrasther than to arrest them. Mr Kulwinder Singh a handicaped from leg could have been easily arrested. The Single direction of Fire Arm injuries also raise doubts about the encounter as both the dead bodies were lying at a distance of 30-35 steps in the field. The Fire arm injuries On the arm of Nahar Singh does not prove to be aqquired during encounter. There is a possibility that his arms were tied with soft cloth and killed in close range , Forensic expert opioned that a fire shot after passing from body only passes through another organ if it is fired from close range The according to residents of Vill. Behniwal , the culprits were arrested at night on 26 April at about 8.30 Pm, And some article(SLR) were taken out from fuel wood heap after some time. The role of heavily armed police party is doubtful at the time of escape of culprits from police custody. Demands and suggestions:- The police has killed the two person in revenge of killing of their companion Avtar Singh while escaping from police custody. They have crossed all limits of law and procedures of Judiciary. It is beyond doubt that such an act cannot be committed by lower rank of police employees without secretly planned by higher authorities, with purpose to miantain the terror of police. The political leadership of state kept mum which shows it is in conievence with police. To mislead the public so that they would not raise their voice against undemocratic, unlawful actions of state,and to justify their act the police always terms the victims of an encounter as professional culprits, terrorists or anti national elements.( The killing of Ishrat Jahan in Gujrat is the frecent example of such acts). They allege that such culptits get exonerated from courts by using their clout, there-fore they should be eliminated in Police encounters. But all these acts are undemocratic, unconstitutional, and gross violation of well established International Human Rights. Any country claiming to be governed by an counstition and law baesd state, can not eliminate inconvienant persons in fake police encounters. The people should reject all arguments about these fake encounter and raise their voice against such acts of state. In recent judgement , a supreme court bench in case of Rohatas Kumar v/s State, Rohtas was wanted in number of police cases by Mahendergarh and Riwari police, was claimed to be killed in fake encounter by Narnaul. The court held that encounter was fake, and awarded 20 lac as compensation, to the hiers of victim and guided that:- o The authority enquiring about a police encounter should base its findings on facts of incident(encounter) , not on the character of the victim. The lessons should be drawn so that such incidents are prevented. o The police should register the FIR immediately whem heirs of victim complain. o The inquiry should be done by an independent agency. The polce has closed the further followup inquiry on FIRsof encounter (at Jhaurkian ) and escape of prisioners (At Mysar-Khnana) after the killing of Nahar Singh And Kulwinder Singh In alleged police encounter, and escape of Jaswinder Singh. So the people can’t know the truth of the incidents..Association demands that after an inquiry from Judicial Authority Minimum from Session Judge, the guilty should be punished. Since the kith and kins of Nahar Singh and Kulwinder Singh has alleged the encounter to be fake and both were killed after arresting them. Jaswinder singh has either been in illegal police custody or have been eliminated. As per Suprem Court Rulling An FIR should be registered and an enquiry from an independent agency should be odered under the supervision of court of law. Jaswinder Singh who has allegedly absconding, should be traced and it must be ensured that police does eliminate him in order to bury the truth of fake police encounter. Issued by:Prof. Ajmer Aulakh(State President) Prof Jagmohan Singh( Gen Sec) Mobile 9815575495 Mobile 9814001836 Association For Democratic Rights, Punjab Date: 13July, 2013.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 10:22:21 +0000
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