Pehlu Khan lynching case: Sons, other witnesses shot at on way to testify / Constable in UP shoots dead Apple executive in cold blood

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NB: At least 67 people have been killed in encounters since 2017, but not a single charge-sheet has been filed nor action initiated against police officers involved. In May, the NHRC directed the state government to constitute a five-member team to investigate 17 of these cases. This is a government of gangsters, for gangsters, and run by gangsters. DS

Key witnesses to the lynching of Pehlu Khan in Rajasthan last year, including two of Khan’s sons, were Saturday fired upon on National Highway 8 in Alwar while on their way to a court in Behror to depose in the lynching case. While police have registered an FIR and assured the family of security for court appearances in the future, Khan’s family said they will move an application to transfer the case to Alwar from Behror before the next hearing.

Asad Hayat, the lawyer representing Khan’s sons, Irshad and Arif, told The Sunday Express that he was in the car with them when a black SUV without number plates tried to force them to stop. “I was in the car with witnesses Azmat (28) and Rafiq (25) and Pehlu’s sons Irshad (28) and Arif (21), along with the driver, Amjad (23). We were going to Behror to depose in Pehlu’s lynching but when we crossed Neemrana, a black Scorpio without a number plate tried to overtake us and make us stop.”

According to Irshad, the men in the black SUV opened fire when they refused to stop. “The vehicle came near and the men inside waved their hands, asking us to stop. They said, ‘roko gaadi’, ‘roko gaadi’ (stop the car). We might have even stopped but didn’t as their vehicle did not have a number plate. Then, their vehicle came closer and the men started hurling abuses at us, telling us to stop at once. They overtook us and then fired at us,” he said… read more:
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pehlu-khan-lynching-case-witnesses-including-sons-fired-at-while-going-to-depose-5379110/

Vipin Tripathi - The Behror (Alwar) Killing: A Grave Challenge
India's ruling party is sponsoring an assault on the Indian state / Tavleen Singh - Is this Hindutva ?
Modernity or murder, Mr Modi? // Vipin Tripathi: Funds to help Pehlu Khan's family
Tavleen Singh - A media lynching
Lynching of Zafar Khan: No Arrests, No compensation. Another example of justice in shining India

Constable in UP shoots dead Apple executive in cold blood
A 38-year-old Apple executive, Vivek Tiwari, was shot dead early Saturday morning by a police constable in Lucknow after he allegedly tried to evade a routine check. Calling it “excessive use of force”, the Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested two constables based on a complaint by Tiwari’s colleague who was in the car. Tiwari, an Apple sales manager, and the colleague, Sana Khan, were on their way back home when two constables on a motorcycle approached them. According to Khan’s FIR at the Gomti Nagar police station, the car was parked near the City Montessori School in Gomti Nagar Extension.

“…Two policemen came on a motorcycle. We tried to escape them and they stopped us. Suddenly, I heard a gunshot, the car kept moving and it hit the underpass pillar. Blood was pouring from Vivek’s head. I cried for help and soon, a police team came and took Vivek to hospital. Later, I was told that he is dead,” she said in the FIR registered around 5 am... read more:
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/apple-executive-shot-dead-gomtinagar-up-police-5379136/

An ex-CM commits suicide in 2016, alleging corruption in the high judiciary - no probe. A senior judge in a sensitive case involving a political heavyweight dies a mysterious death. His family thinks it might be murder & India's pliant media covers it up. What Does the SC Judges’ protest mean for this situation?


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