The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Maharashtra government on a plea seeking an independent probe into the Dhule riots of January 6. The court's response came to a petition filed by Naseer Ahmad, who is the father of a victim who had died in the Dhule riots. ...
12:50 PM, Feb 15, 2013
The Maharashtra Police have filed a report on the police action during the Dhule riots of January 6, 2013. In the report, it has admitted that the the police firing which occurred was excessive but necessary. ...
08:36 AM, Feb 12, 2013
The police used teargas and smoke bombs as hundreds of protesters defied curfew clamped on Monday on the entire Manipur valley to demand arrest of a Naga militant who had allegedly molested a film actress and to protest the death of a photojournalist. The protesters took out rallies, blocked roads and burnt tyres in Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishenpur and Thoubal districts, official sources said. ...
04:54 PM, Dec 24, 2012
Patna: On the first anniversary of the police firing at Forbesganj in which four members of the minority community were killed and many others injured, the Opposition parties on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the incident. Demanding the probe, RJD state unit chief Ramchandra Purve who led an 'Aakrosh March' in Patna during the day alleged that atrocities against the minorities have increased during the NDA rule. Slamming the...
08:12 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Raisen: Protests over wheat procurement and shortage of jute bags at Bareli town near Raisen took a violent turn on Monday as a farmer got killed in police firing and about 40 farmers and some officials got injured. An indefinite curfew has been imposed in the town following the incident. According to police, former Sarpanch Hari Singh Prajapati was killed in police firing while three others sustained bullet injuries. Raisen...
10:21 PM, May 07, 2012
Berhampur/Bhubaneswar: Two persons were killed when police opened fire to disperse a violent mob which attacked them at a village in Odisha's Ganjam district on Saturday over suspected practice of witchcraft. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ordered an inquiry into the incident by the district and sessions judge, Ganjam. The clash occurred at Phasipada under Kodala police station area when the police were prevented from entering the village where residents had...
10:14 PM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: In a major setback to West Bengal's Nandigram violence victims, the state government on Friday withdrew its petition from the Supreme Court ordering an investigation into the 2007 firing incident. This, in effect, quashes any probe into those accused in the case, which included several high-ranking officers of the Bengal police. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now expected to start an investigation and submit a chargesheet....
04:54 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Bihar government's stand on a plea for a CBI probe into the police firing on a group of villagers in Forbesganj in June that left five persons dead. A bench of justices RM Lodha and JS Khehar issued notice to the state government, seeking its response to the plea for CBI probe into the incident. The plea was made by a...
01:13 PM, Oct 10, 2011
Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu: With two more persons succumbing to injuries at a hospital, the death toll in the police firing on a stone-pelting mob of Dalits, who indulged in violence following detention of their leader John Pandian, has risen to seven, police said on Monday. Two persons identified as Teerpukani and Vellaichamy succumbed to injuries late on Sunday night. Officials have suspended bus services to the rural areas in the...
10:30 AM, Sep 12, 2011
Chennai: Three protesters were killed on Sunday at Paramakudi in the district after police fired at stone-pelting dalit agitators following reports that their leader had been detained, the security agency said. Reports say the firing took place after a face-off between police and Dalit protestors. 15 policemen, including DIG Sandeep Mittal, were injured in the stone-pelting as the mob set ablaze vehicles. The incident happened during Emmanuel Sekaran Memorial celebrations...
03:04 PM, Sep 11, 2011
Mumbai: Three protesters on Wednesday killed in police firing in Maval near Pune, raising the question if the Maharashtra Police have use excessive force in putting down the farmers protest. The Maharashtra government has ordered an enquiry and six policemen have been suspended after the footage of the police action was aired. Visuals clearly exposed that the police didn't follow protocol and shoot in the air or below the waist,...
08:55 PM, Aug 11, 2011
New Delhi: Did the Maharashtra police aim to kill during the Pune firing. A dramatic video of the farmers' protest in Pune that left three dead shows police with guns aimed at head height of protestors. The Maharashtra assembly was stalled on the issue on Thursday. The video clearly shows how the police fired at head level and not in air as they should have. The farmers were protesting the...
12:05 PM, Aug 11, 2011
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission today said it will send a team for conducting an on-the-spot inquiry into alleged police firing and killing of four persons in Forbesganj in Bihar on June 3. The rights panel has asked its Director General (Investigation) to depute a team to the area in Araria district of the state. Four persons, including a woman and a baby, were killed in police firing...
06:53 PM, Jun 20, 2011
Patna: No action has been taken by the Nitish Kumar government even 10 days after the police crackdown on villagers in Forbesganj in Bihars Araria district where four people were killed in police firing. Amia Khatoon has been mourning the loss of her 16-year-old son Mustaq, who was shot at and lynched by the local police. "My son was caught in the clash. He was severely beaten by the police....
10:20 PM, Jun 15, 2011
Kakrapalli: A thermal power plant, to be set up in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, has local people up in arms protesting, alleging that they will be deprived of their livelihood, even as two persons died in police firing. The Environment Ministry has on Tuesday refused to lift its suspension order on East coast Energy on the proposed Srikakulam power plant. The project, claims activists, threatens Andhra Pradesh's wet lands. Bahar Dutt...
05:54 PM, Mar 08, 2011
Darjeeling: The army was being deployed in violence-hit areas of Darjeeling district after 2 persons were killed on Tuesday when the police opened fire to stop Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters from taking out a march in adjacent Jalpaiguri district defying prohibitory orders, sparking arson by GJM workers who torched government vehicles and offices. "From tonight, the army will undertake flag marches in all the affected areas of Darjeeling district, including...
10:57 PM, Feb 08, 2011
Hyderabad: Two students were killed on Wednesday and two others got injured when the rifle of a policeman went off accidentally during a weapon demonstration in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. As part of the police commemoration week that began on October 15, police personnel were giving a demonstration of communication equipment and weapons to students at Velairpadu village in the district, when the incident occurred, police said. The policeman...
04:23 PM, Oct 20, 2010
Srinagar: Kashmir continues to be on the edge as curfew enters seventh day here even as three individuals are killed in police firing and seven injured in Anantnag and Pattan on Saturday. Curfew was lifted in Srinagar for a few hours to allow people to stock up on food and medicines. Today’s deaths take the toll to 98 people killed in a span of 100 days of unrest in the...
10:45 AM, Sep 18, 2010
Srinagar: Five people were wounded in police firing in the sensitive Maisuma locality of Srinagar even as curfew continued in parts of the city. Police opened fire in the uptown Maisuma area on Monday afternoon, injuring five people, one of them critically. The injured were admitted to the SMHS Hospital, a police officer said. The incident took place near the residence of pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman...
02:42 PM, Aug 30, 2010
Srinagar: Thousands of people defied curfew in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town on Friday morning after an 18-year-old succumbed to his injuries sustained in firing by security forces, taking the civilian toll since June 11 to 61, officials said. Mudasir Nazir, 18, was killed and two people were hurt when Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers opened fire on Thursday evening after a violent mob attacked their picket in Sopore...
10:34 AM, Aug 20, 2010
