Punjab fake encounter case: 5, including retired SSP, sentenced to life imprisonment after 32 years; Killed 7 young men

On Monday, a special CBI court pronounced the sentence in the 1993 fake encounter case in Punjab's Tarn Taran. The court has sentenced five police officers, including retired SSP Bhupendrajit Singh and retired DSP Davinder Singh, to life imprisonment. All of them were booked under sections 302 and 120-B of the IPC on charges of murder and criminal conspiracy. Initially, 10 policemen were made accused in the case, but five policemen died during the trial. In 1993, seven youths were shown dead in an encounter. The case dates back to 1993, in which seven youths were shown dead in two separate encounters. While 4 of them were posted as Special Police Officers (SPO). On June 27, 1993, the criminals had picked up the youths from their homes and kept them in illegal custody for several days and tortured them. The case was handed over to the CBI on the orders of the Supreme Court On July 28, 1993, a fake encounter was carried out under the leadership of the then DSP Bhupendrajit Singh. Two separate FIRs were registered for fake police encounters at Thana Vairowal and Thana Sahrali in Tarn Taran. Seven youths were killed in this fake encounter. The case was handed over to the CBI following a Supreme Court order of December 12, 1996. THE CBI investigation revealed On July 2, 1993, the Punjab Police had claimed that three persons - Shinder Singh, Desa Singh and Sukhdev Singh - had escaped with government weapons. Ten days later, on July 12, the police led by the then DSP Bhupendrajit Singh and Inspector Gurdev Singh made up the story of the encounter. Police claim - attack on the road Police said a man named Mangal Singh was being taken to Ghadka village for recovery in a robbery case when the terrorists attacked him on the way. According to the police, Mangal Singh, Desa Singh, Shindar Singh and Balkar Singh were killed in the firing from both sides, but when the investigation of the case was handed over to the CBI. On the basis of two points it was realised that the encounter was fake. Performed the last rites after declaring Lawaris Not only that, the bodies of the youth were cremated after they were declared lawless, despite the presence of their identities. After three years of investigation, the CBI registered a case in 1999 on the basis of a complaint by Narendra Kaur, wife of the deceased Shinder Singh. 2 important things from the family of the deceased