New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to listen to on April 28 a plea in search of an unbiased probe into the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj. The plea, filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, has additionally sought an inquiry into the 183 encounters which have taken place in Uttar Pradesh since 2017. Tiwari talked about the matter for pressing itemizing on Monday earlier than a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha.
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Supreme Court agrees to checklist on April 28 the plea in search of to represent an unbiased professional committee beneath the chairmanship of a former SC decide to inquire into the killing of mafia brothers Atiq and Ashraf amid police presence pic.twitter.com/sDlJ9qDlnK
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He instructed the bench that his plea was slated to return up for listening to on Monday however it has not been listed. “Since five judges are not available, some cases in which dates were given have not been listed. We will try to list this on Friday (April 28),” the CJI stated, including, some apex court docket judges are down with Covid-19 whereas some others are indisposed as a consequence of different causes.
Atiq Ahmed (60) and Ashraf have been shot useless at point-blank vary by three males posing as journalists in the course of a media interplay on April 15 night time whereas police personnel have been escorting them to a medical school in Prayagraj for a check-up.
Plea Seeks Probe Into 183 Encounters In UP Since 2017
The Uttar Pradesh Police had just lately stated that it has gunned down 183 alleged criminals in encounters within the six years of the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led authorities and this included Ahmad’s son Asad and his confederate.
The plea filed within the apex court docket has sought the establishing of an unbiased professional committee to probe the killing of Atiq and Ashraf. “Issue guidelines/directions to safeguard the rule of law by constituting an independent expert committee under the chairmanship of a former Supreme Court justice to inquire into the 183 encounters which had occurred since 2017 as stated by Uttar Pradesh Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) and also to inquire into the police custody murder of Atiq and Ashraf,” it stated.
Referring to Atiq’s killing, the plea stated, “Such actions by police are a severe threat to democracy and rule of law and lead to a police state.” “In a democratic society, the police cannot be allowed to become a mode of delivering final justice or to become a punishing authority. The power of punishment is only vested in the judiciary,” the plea submitted.
It stated extra-judicial killings or faux police encounters don’t have any place within the legislation. When the police flip “daredevils then the entire rule of law collapses and generates fear in the mind of people against the police which is very dangerous for democracy and this also results in more crimes,” the plea acknowledged.
