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To begin with who were the two boys that were accompanying Ranbir Singh at the time they were intercepted by the police. Their whereabouts are not known till now. Secondly, if Ranbir Singh had been trapped along with the motorcycle on which the three were trying to flee, how come the remaining two managed to flee on foot and that too when they were hit by bullets as was claimed by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amit Sinha before he was attacked to the Police Headquarters.
Sinha had gone on to tell the media persons that an alert has been sounded off in all the medical establishments regarding the two injured boys.
Narender Singh who is a retired senior police official having worked in Crime Branch of Uttar Pradesh police and had himself been a part of several encounters with criminals, told The Indian Express, “From the evidence that has been reported till now, it seems to be a very hasty action on the part of the police. They could have got everything from him by arresting and then interrogating him. Arrest is always the best when it comes to tackling crime.”
He further said, “Whenever there is a visit of a dignitary like the President to the city, the Police can never allow triple riding on motor bikes in the city.”
The police have been claiming that three motorcycle borne youth on being stopped a police sub inspector in the posh Dalanwala had fled after beating him and snatching his service revolver.
They had panicked on being approached by the police official since two of them were carrying country made fire arms. The police say that the number of the motorcycle on which they had fled was flashed around and they were intercepted by the police on the ring road.
They claim that the three had tried to flee by firing at the police and one of them was killed in the exchange of fire while the remaining two had managed to escape. The police also say that the motorcycle recovered from the spot of the incident was a stolen one and belongs to a resident of Panipat district in Haryana.
However, a major flaw has emerged in the claim of the deceased’s family that the boy was to join a private concern in Selaqui as the officials at the office of the firm disclosed on conditions of anonymity that they had no intimation of the boy being recruited for their office and neither did they know of any campus recruitment done for the purpose.
Another major lacuna in the police story is the 28 injuries that have been pointed in the autopsy report. Narender Singh pointed, “There were 28 ante mortem injuries which the Police will find difficult to explain.”
Out of these 12 were bullet injuries but the remaining were non bullet injuries which are a pointer the possibility of the boy having been tortured.
As human rights activist and a Nainital based lawyer PC Tewari said, “The blackening of his skin at the spot where he had been hit by the bullets which suggests that he had been shot from less than three feet. Since he was shot in the chest, this defies the police claims that he was trying to flee.”
Former Director General of Police (DGP) from Uttar Pradesh CL Pradyot said, “The truth will eventually come out in the enquiry but the questions being raised are very pertinent. At times there are chances of police officials being misled by their own colleagues.”
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this is very sad that all are blaming police for the fake encounter of the police but why reporter not asking this question that what ranbir was doing with the pistol, and how much courage he has that he dared to open fire on a police officer. it was officer luck that the pistol was locked. if an educated man open fire in public than he should be punished but not encountered.
I am sorry for the family of Ranbir and do hope that Bhatt will be severely punished if Ranbir was innocent but I definitely do not find any merit in the view that Ranbir was innocent because he was a MBA or did not have a past record of crime. Let it be investigated. Criminals among students are not an unknown phenomenon and the present apparatus of crime makes only educated suitable for big crimes. Many terror activities are committed and supported by highly educated individuals all over the world. Similarly not all criminals have past record of crime, there may not even be first time for many hardened criminals. I do not know if Kasab, the perpetrator of 26/11 crime had a past record of crime. Somebody could enlighten.
I am not happy with the way media handles and sensationalizes events. In a civil society the media should be a watch dog and it should discharge its duty of reporting facts sincerely, honestly, without fear but impartially. Such behavior of media strengthens institutions of governance in society. But investigation of crime is a serious business and the media or ordinary citizens like us who expressed so many views do not have the role or competence to investigate the crime or to conclude if a man is guilty. They must desist from it. Government has created Agencies to investigate crimes and judiciary to decide guilty. Even if we are not happy with the functioning of these agencies, we can’t permit this role to be performed by the Media. Self assumption of such roles by media or ordinary citizen is fraught with danger particularly in a country like India with large no. of poor and ill educated population who could be easily manipulated.
If the CM Nishank fails to recommend CBI inquery then this is going to be a disaster for Uttarakhand. He represents common people and should understand that saving criminals in the Uttarakhand police department will ruin the state. I was associated with Uttarakhand Movement and m witness to the UP police brutalities. Hence it is the duty of the Uttarakhandi community to initiate immediate action for weeding out the criminals from the police department. Amit Sinha And Ganpathy defended the actions of their fake encounter team. Why CM is not ordering the arrest of AMit Sinha and Ganaparhy ??? They might be IPS but they are not above law. Infact they will surely distroy the evidence during the so called CB CID investigation process.
There appears to be a well orchestrated effort to attack police all over the country. You attack them through terrorists act, naxal / maoist act or character assassination by media or through people of doubtful character like Negi. Let us pray that these are not part of a design of making the policing systems discredited and weak. But given the impassioned personalized coverage of police/ army atrocity events, can we really rule out media, criminal, terror, Negi nexus. Not the entire media is irresponsible but some definitely are not responsible. I still do not wish to gag them but it is necessary that their ownership is investigated for such nexus.
Ordinary people turn into butchers and criminals as soon as they enter police in India. This is what they get in training from seniors already. I have a friend in Uttarakhand Police and I have stopped talking to him now because the way he started thinking
While junior butchers will face the music, Amit Sinha and Ganapathy will go scot free. Senior Police officers in Uttarakhand have been promoting fake encounters to get promotions and medals. Political leadership knows all about them but prefer to save these high ranking criminals for their own ulterior motives. All this is happening in Dev Bhumi, you pump 12 bullets on a youth and lathicharge his ex army father and mother. I wonder what DGP Joshi is doing ?? Nishank is a weak chief minister and won't be able to take appropriate action against high ranking criminals like Ganapathy and Amit Sinha.
The tragedy of Uttarakhand is the weak political structure. After the formation of the state, the beaurocrats took controll of the state and gave lolypops to the political leaderships. All the senior officers have big farm houses in doon valley. The developmental plans were made to appreciate the value of property owened by the beaurocracy. Police department played an important role in this real estate business. In mountains the beaurocracy and police work overtime to displace mountain communities while in plains they serve the interest of the land mafias. The future is bleak for mountain communities. All the pahari bhais will be thrown out of the state or forced to live in city ghettos as low paid manpower and the state will become private property of beurocrats and mafias. All the Chief Ministers in Uttarakhand were weak and always looked at their political bosses in Delhi for approval. Nishank will order the CBI inquery only if Rajnath says so.
I agree But IGP Garhwal Range Mr. Ganpathy and SSP Sinha must be arrested at once. Off Course DGP must be sacked. A fast track court should be established after handing over the case to the CBI. If possible the entire police department should be disolved ex army guys should be allowed to join the new force.
While endorsing strict action against criminals, I wish to state that most of the Police Officers in Uttarakhand are corrupt and are therefore part of the problem. The IGP Garhwal Mr. Ganapathy must be sacked while SSP Sinha must be booked under 302. There should be a fast track court to give justice to the family of the killed youth. And I agree that DGP should quit or else must be kicked out of his office. If CM Dr. Nishank refuses to give permission then he too won't survive politically and spritually. Butchers must be expelled from the Dev Bhumi.
It is high time that the people of Uttarakhand rise to fight against the corruption in Uttarakhand Police. We must not forget what happened to us at the Rampur Teraha. It was BJP leader Rajnath Singh who refused to give permission for the prosicution of Anant Kumar Singh as he was a rajput. Firing 12 bullets inside a police chowki and claiming it an encounter shows the sick mentality. The entire police force must be screened psychologically and THE DGP UTTARAKHAND MUST BE SACKED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. Uttarakhandis must unite to fight the police menace or else the State will be turned into a real state property we won't be able to differentiate betweens the goons and police.