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In latest ‘encounter’, West Bengal police kill a man accused of shooting at a constable two days ago

In latest ‘encounter’, West Bengal police kill a man accused of shooting at a constable two days ago

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In West Bengal's Birbhum district, police killed a man accused of shooting at a constable during an exchange of fire hours after his arrest, marking the fifth death in a police encounter in the state in the past six months since the BJP came to power. The deceased, identified as Ratan Sheikh, was accused of firing at a constable. Civil society groups have described the incident as an “extrajudicial execution.”

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This is the fifth instance of an accused killed in police firing in West Bengal, within six months of the BJP coming to power in the State; this was an “extrajudicial execution”, says civil society group

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First reported by Hindustan Times at 14:06 UTC on 15 Nov.

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    In latest ‘encounter’, West Bengal police kill a man accused of shooting at a constable two days ago

    This is the fifth instance of an accused killed in police firing in West Bengal, within six months of the BJP coming to power in the State; this was an “extrajudicial execution”, says civil society group

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  • Deccan Chronicle Deccan Chronicle Holdings
  • Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.
  • Greater Kashmir GK Communications Pvt. Ltd.
  • Kashmir Life Kashmir Life
  • Kashmir Observer Kashmir Observer
  • Mathrubhumi English Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co.
  • NE Now NE Now
  • Organiser Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)
  • Orissa Post Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)
  • The Economic Times Bennett, Coleman & Co.
  • The Indian Express Indian Express Group
  • The Morung Express
  • The New Indian Express Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.
  • The Siasat Daily Siasat Daily
  • The South First The South First
  • The Times of India Bennett, Coleman & Co.
  • The Tribune The Tribune Trust

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