Assam Police Encounters

The parents of three "insurgents" from the Hmar tribes killed in an encounter in Assam's Cachar district have filed a police complaint alleging they were innocent and were killed in police custody.

Those who spread misleading and fake information on social media about the encounter between police and suspected insurgents in Assam's Cachar are likely to face legal action, police sources have said.

Three Hmar insurgents were killed and several police personnel were injured in a fierce encounter in Assam's Cachar district on Wednesday, officials said.

A suspected gangster who had multiple police cases against him was killed in a shoot-out with the police in Assam's Hailakandi district today.

An accused involved in several theft cases was killed in an encounter when he allegedly fired at police in Golaghat district of Assam, a senior police officer said on Monday.

A poacher was killed in an encounter with the police in Assam's Chirang district on Sunday.

A probe into the death of a person, suspected to be a dacoit, in a police encounter in Assam's Udalguri district confirmed that it was a case of "mistaken identity".

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said there might have been a "mistake" in the identification of the body of a "dacoit", killed in a police encounter in Udalguri district last week.

The Assam Police on Sunday said it has received a request for exhumation of the body of a 'dacoit', killed in an encounter in Udalguri district, by the family of his 'associate' who has gone missing following the same shootout two days ago.

Jammu and Kashmir has seen nine-fold increase in police encounters in 2021-22 - highest in the country - followed by Assam where such cases rose by over four times against the previous year, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

The Assam Youth Congress has alleged that the state police is evading response on RTI queries related to fake encounters over the last year.

According to sources, the security forces received information regarding the presence of six ULFA-I cadres led by one Rupon Asom taking shelter at Dapather Majgaon under the Kakopathar police station.

Some killed in custody while "trying to escape after snatching a policeman's firearm", while several were shot in the leg, as per Assam government affidavit

A man, arrested in a rape case, was injured in firing when he allegedly tried to escape from custody in Assam's Nagaon district, police said on Thursday.

Due process of law and all guidelines issued by the NHRC are being followed in all cases of police encounters that have taken place in Assam since May last year, the state government claimed in an affidavit filed before the Gauhati High Court.

The parents of three "insurgents" from the Hmar tribes killed in an encounter in Assam's Cachar district have filed a police complaint alleging they were innocent and were killed in police custody.

Those who spread misleading and fake information on social media about the encounter between police and suspected insurgents in Assam's Cachar are likely to face legal action, police sources have said.

Three Hmar insurgents were killed and several police personnel were injured in a fierce encounter in Assam's Cachar district on Wednesday, officials said.

A suspected gangster who had multiple police cases against him was killed in a shoot-out with the police in Assam's Hailakandi district today.

An accused involved in several theft cases was killed in an encounter when he allegedly fired at police in Golaghat district of Assam, a senior police officer said on Monday.

A poacher was killed in an encounter with the police in Assam's Chirang district on Sunday.

A probe into the death of a person, suspected to be a dacoit, in a police encounter in Assam's Udalguri district confirmed that it was a case of "mistaken identity".

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said there might have been a "mistake" in the identification of the body of a "dacoit", killed in a police encounter in Udalguri district last week.

The Assam Police on Sunday said it has received a request for exhumation of the body of a 'dacoit', killed in an encounter in Udalguri district, by the family of his 'associate' who has gone missing following the same shootout two days ago.

Jammu and Kashmir has seen nine-fold increase in police encounters in 2021-22 - highest in the country - followed by Assam where such cases rose by over four times against the previous year, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

The Assam Youth Congress has alleged that the state police is evading response on RTI queries related to fake encounters over the last year.

According to sources, the security forces received information regarding the presence of six ULFA-I cadres led by one Rupon Asom taking shelter at Dapather Majgaon under the Kakopathar police station.

Some killed in custody while "trying to escape after snatching a policeman's firearm", while several were shot in the leg, as per Assam government affidavit

A man, arrested in a rape case, was injured in firing when he allegedly tried to escape from custody in Assam's Nagaon district, police said on Thursday.

Due process of law and all guidelines issued by the NHRC are being followed in all cases of police encounters that have taken place in Assam since May last year, the state government claimed in an affidavit filed before the Gauhati High Court.