Man Passed Off As Terrorist 29 Years Ago, Police Now Say Encounter Was Fake
NDTV
A special investigation team has informed the high court that the encounter was stage-managed.
Dalbir Kaur was just 19 years old, and two months pregnant, when police in Punjab allegedly killed her husband in a fake encounter and passed off his body as that of a terrorist in 1994.
The terrorist was found alive four years later but Ms Kaur and her mother-in-law had to fight a long and arduous legal battle that has finally, 29 years later, culminated in a special investigation team informing the high court that the encounter was stage-managed. A case has also been registered against a former inspector general and other police officials.
Sukhpal Singh was a resident of Kala Afghana village in Gurdaspur district, and Ms Kaur, who is now 48, says he was kidnapped by police officials in 1994 and then shot dead to claim the bounty on wanted terrorist Gurnam Singh Bandala. For Ms Kaur and her family, the ordeal was just beginning.
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