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Home / News / India News / Policemen get life sentence in Pilibhit encounter ruling
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    Policemen get life sentence in Pilibhit encounter ruling

    Shiladitya Ray
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    Last updated on Apr 04, 2016, 08:22 pm
    Policemen get life sentence in Pilibhit encounter ruling
  • A special CBI court sentenced 47 policemen, who were previously held guilty of a "fake encounter", to life imprisonment for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in 1991 in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh.

    57 policemen were charged in the case, but 10 of them are now dead.

    20 of the accused who were present in court were arrested, and arrest warrants have been issued for the rest.

  • In this article
    10 Sikhs shot dead for alleged terrorist links Getting rid of evidence CBI investigates the Pilibhit encounter Retired cop has no regrets over killings Policemen get life sentence in Pilibhit encounter ruling
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    10 Sikhs shot dead for alleged terrorist links

    10 Sikhs shot dead for alleged terrorist links
  • On 12 July, 1991, policemen stopped a luxury bus on its way to Pilibhit, UP, carrying Sikh pilgrims and forced 10 passengers to get off.

    A chargesheet said that the 10 passengers were then divided into groups and killed in "cold blood" in different areas of the jungle.

    The next day, the policemen claimed that 10 Khalistani terrorists had been killed.

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    Getting rid of evidence

  • According to the CBI probe, the policemen got autopsies done on the bodies of the 10 Sikh pilgrims and then got the bodies cremated on the same day that they were shot.

  • Investigation

    CBI investigates the Pilibhit encounter

    CBI investigates the Pilibhit encounter
  • On orders from the Supreme Court, the CBI investigated the encounter.

    According to CBI, the policemen claimed that the 10 passengers who were shot had criminal cases against them and were in possession of arms.

    CBI held that the motive behind the killings was to earn recognition for killing "terrorists", since militancy was on the rise in that region in UP during that time.

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    Retired cop has no regrets over killings

  • Commenting on the CBI sentence, retired IPS officer RD Tripathi, who was Pilibhit district's police chief in 1991, said, "Whosoever challenges police action will have to face bullets. Those killed in Pilibhit were dreaded terrorists."

  • 4 Apr 2016

    Policemen get life sentence in Pilibhit encounter ruling

    Policemen get life sentence in Pilibhit encounter ruling
  • A special CBI court sentenced 47 policemen, who were previously held guilty of a "fake encounter", to life imprisonment for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in 1991 in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh.

    57 policemen were charged in the case, but 10 of them are now dead.

    20 of the accused who were present in court were arrested, and arrest warrants have been issued for the rest.

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