Give status of probe into 183 encounters: SC to UP | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Suspecting a systemic flaw in the killings of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother while in police custody, the Supreme Court Friday sought probe status in 183 encounter killings that took place in Uttar Pradesh after BJP assumed office under CM Yogi Adityanath and said it wanted to put in place a pan-India mechanism, in sync with NHRC guidelines, to probe such killings.

A bench of Justices S R Bhat and Aravind Kumar asked UP advocate general Ajay Kumar Mishra to ensure that the state government files an affidavit in six weeks detailing the status of investigations into all encounter killings that took place in the last six years, specify cases in which chargesheets have been filed and stage of trial in these.
However, repeated demand by PIL petitioner Vishal Tiwari seeking an independent judicial commission to inquire into the encounter killings and role of police officers was brushed aside by the bench. “The state government has already formed a judicial commission of inquiry. We will deal with the issue relating to laying down guidelines for inquiry into encounter killings,” it said.