Across the aisle: Fake encounter with facts, fake controversy

June 19, 2016 11:47

Ishrat Jahan and three others were killed by the Gujarat police in an encounter. Was it a genuine encounter or a fake encounter?

I do not know the answer.There are others who claim to know the answer. I am astonished by the certitude of some of my fellow citizens that the encounter was a genuine encounter.

None of them had access to the case diary or the statements of witnesses or the forensic reports. None of them had read the chargesheet in the case. Yet, they are absolutely certain that the four persons who were killed were terrorists and the encounter was genuine!

Read P Chidambaram's column HERE

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