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CBI books 12 UP cops for fake encounter

Source:PTI
June 25, 2010 15:31 IST

The CBI has registered an FIR against 12 policemen, including an IPS officer, for their alleged involvement in a fake encounter case.

"The FIR was registered by CBI against 12 policemen on June 23 after conducting the inquiry in the case", a senior CBI official told PTI.

The policemen against whom the FIR have been registered are J Ravider Gaur, an 2005 batch IPS officer and currently posted as Superintendent of Police Balrampur, inspectors -- Vikas Saxena, Mula Singh, Devendra Shamra, R K Gupta, constables -- Gauri Shankar Vishwakarma, Ravi Prakash Shukla, Virendra Sharma, Dinesh Singh, Anil Kumar and Kalicharan, he said.

The alleged fake encounter took place in Bareilly C B Ganj area on June 30, 2007, when a youth Mukul Gupta was killed. The police claimed that he was shot dead, as he was going to loot a bank.

Gupta's father Brajendra later moved to the court claiming that his son was innocent. The Allahabad High Court had on February 26 ordered a CBI probe in the matter.

Besides charge of murder, the policemen have been charged with attempt to destroy/conceal evidence, the official said.
Source: PTI
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