The encounter of a suspect in a recent murder case from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad has led to a debate over whether the police action without proper trial was justified, with opposition leaders calling out the chief minister Yogi Adityanath-led government for descending the state into “jungle raj”.
The prime suspect in the alleged murder of a 17-year-old boy in Ghaziabad was killed in a police encounter early on Sunday after he allegedly opened fire at a police team attempting to stop him near Vasundhara, officials said.
According to the police, the teenager on May 28 was allegedly called to a street by the suspect and his associates, where an argument over a motorcycle escalated into violence, HT earlier reported.
Investigators said the suspect stabbed the boy and fled. The victim later succumbed to his injuries.
Opposition leaders, including Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai and Maharashtra Samajwadi Party president Abu Asim Azmi, mounted an attack on the state government over the incident, saying the state has descended into a wave of violence.
Rai said instead of real justice, fake encounters are in focus, and Azmi alleged that encounters are being carried out in Uttar Pradesh with a “specific religious bias”.
The Ghaziabad district administration on Monday initiated proceedings to demolish the alleged unauthorised house of the prime suspect in the Khoda murder, a day after the accused was killed in a police encounter in Vasundhara.
