Encounter killings

Encounter killings

Encounter killings is a euphemism used in India and Pakistan to describe extrajudicial killings in which Police shoot down gangsters and terrorists in alleged gunbattles. Encounter killings were common in Mumbai, India, during the 1990s till mid 2000s and some of the Police officres involved came to be known as 'Encounter Specialists'. The Mumbai police resorted to encounter killings as they believed that these killings delivered speedy justice. Encounter killings severely crippled the Underworld in Mumbai and busted the extortion racket which was rampant at that time. Encounter killings, together with torture by police in lock-ups and custodial deaths have irked human rights activists. [C R Sridhar. [http://desicritics.org/2006/10/11/125322.php Sunshine India: Encounter Killings, Torture and Custodial Deaths] . October 11, 2006.]

Former Sub-Inspector Pradeep Sharma is India's most successful encounter specialist, who has shot-dead 104 gangsters and dacoits in. "Criminals are filth and I'm the cleaner" is one of his famous lines. [Alex Perry. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,404315,00.html Urban Cowboys] . TIME Magazine. Jan. 06, 2003.]

Some of the well known encounter specialists (with encounter killing count in brackets) include
* Sub-Inspector Pradeep Sharma - 104 [http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/03mum.htm Encounter man Pradip Sharma completes 'century'] ]
* Sub-Inspector Daya Nayak - 82
* Inspector Praful Bhosale - 77
* Assistant Sub-Inspector(ASI) Ravindra Angre - 51
* Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sachin Hindurao Vaze ,- 48 [ [http://www.indiatoday.com/webexclusive/dispatch/20040705/web.html Fallen Heroes] . India Today.]
* Head Constable Vijay Salaskar - 40.
* Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma - 75

All of the above listed Officers served with Mumbai Police and Delhi Police

In popular culture

Many Indian films have been made depicting Police encounters in Bollywood and South Indian Cinema. The most recent blockbusters are Risk and Shootout at Lokhandwala. Other famous films include Ab Tak Chhappan starring Nana Patekar, starring Naseeruddin Shah and the 2003 Tamil film, Kaakha Kaakha.

References

Links

*Crime in Mumbai

External links

* Interview with Mumbai Police Joint Commissioner [http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/aug/25inter.htm]

* Reduced to Ashes: A Report on Disappearances and Encounters in Punjab [http://www.pucl.org/Topics/Religion-communalism/2003/punjab-disappearances.htm]

* India: Extrajudicial Killings under the spotlight [http://www.hrdc.net/sahrdc/hrfeatures/HRF71.htm]


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