Pilibhit Fake Encounter

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday commuted life imprisonment awarded to 43 policemen in the 1991 Pilibhit fake encounter case, in which 10 Sikhs were killed after being branded terrorists, to seven-year rigorous imprisonment.

A group of 47 policemen have been given life sentence for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, in 1991. The police had claimed they were terrorists.

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday commuted life imprisonment awarded to 43 policemen in the 1991 Pilibhit fake encounter case, in which 10 Sikhs were killed after being branded terrorists, to seven-year rigorous imprisonment.

A group of 47 policemen have been given life sentence for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, in 1991. The police had claimed they were terrorists.