Ranbir Singh encounter in Dehradun was a fake: CBI

September 8th, 2009 Ahmedabad, Sept 8 (IBNS) A judicial probe said the 2004 killing of young college girl Ishrat Jahan and three others suspected to be on a mission to ‘kill’ Chief Minister Narendra Modi was a case of ‘fake encounter’ by the police. Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year old student of Khalsa College, Mumbai, and three others - Javed Ghulam Sheikh alias Pranesh Kumar Pillai, Amjad Ali alias Rajkumar Akbar Ali Rana and Jisan Johar Abdul Gani - who the police claimed were Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives, were killed by Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) officials near Ahmedabad on June 15 2004, a day before they were officially shown as having died in a police encounter.

August 18th, 2009 IMPHAL - Normal life was badly affected in different parts of Manipur on the first day of the three-day general strike called by the Apunba Lup, an umbrella organisation of several social organisations, protesting against the killing of youth allegedly by police commmandos in an encounter last month. Markets, business centers and entertainment houses remained closed, while attendance in government offices was negligible and vehicles largely remained off the road during the first day of general strike.

August 11th, 2009 IMPHAL - Curfew was re-imposed in Imphal on Tuesday following protests over the killing of a youth in a fake encounter. According to official sources, a partial relaxation in an indefinite curfew was withdrawn after agitators tried to defy restrictions.

August 5th, 2009 IMPHAL - Indefinite curfew has been imposed in Manipur following a social organization's protest against the killing of a youth in a fake encounter. The curfew however, has been limited to the Imphal city limit.

August 3rd, 2009 IMPHAL - Normal life in Manipur was disrupted on Monday by a 48-hour general strike called by a social organisation in protest against the killing of a youth in an alleged fake encounter. An organization Apunb Lup (A L) called for the general strike after a section of the media called the encounter as fake and published the pictures.

July 8th, 2009 DEHRADUN - Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, on Wednesday recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged police encounter that claimed the life of MBA student Ranbir Singh. State Chief Secretary I.

July 7th, 2009 DEHRADUN - A case has been registered against six policemen involved in the alleged fake encounter that resulted in the killing of Ranbir Singh, a 24-year-old MBA student. An FIR under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against them.

July 7th, 2009 DEHRADUN - The Uttarakhand Police on Tuesday registered a murder case against all policemen allegedly involved in the recent encounter death of Ranbir Singh, a 24-year-old management student in the state capital. Singh was killed in the encounter that took place in Dehradun, the provincial capital of Uttrakhand state on Friday.

July 5th, 2009 DEHRADUN - Anger built up in the village of the management graduate who was allegedly killed by police in a staged shootout in the Uttarakhand capital, and farmers Sunday planned to take to the streets to air their protest against the state police. The family of the youth, Ranvir Singh, who had come to Dehradun to take up an assignment with a financial firm, has alleged that he was gunned down by Dehradun police Friday in a staged shootout.

July 5th, 2009 DEHRADUN - Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank has ordered a high-level inquiry into the killing of a MBA student in an encounter by the Dehradun Police. "We are considering a high-level inquiry.

July 5th, 2009 DEHRADUN - The body of Ranbir Singh, a 24-year-old MBA student, who was killed in the encounter by the Dehradun Police, bore 12 marks of bullets and 27 other injures, casting doubts that he may have been tortured before death. According to a post-mortem report, 12 bullet marks revealed that Singh was fired from close range.

July 4th, 2009 DEHRADUN - The death of a youth from Ghaziabad at the hands of police here led to demonstrations on the streets of Dehradun Saturday, with his family alleging he was killed in a staged shootout. Stating that Ranvir Singh was a management graduate who had come to the Uttarakhand capital to reportedly take up an assignment with a financial firm, his family members accused the Dehradun police of gunning him down in a "fake encounter" Friday.

July 4th, 2009 DEHRADUN - Parents of an MBA student who was allegedly shot dead by police in an encounter, are crying foul. Twenty-two year-old Ranbir Singh's parents said on Saturday that there son had no criminal background and his killing was a clear case of mistaken identity.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday condoled the death of noted freedom fighter and parliamentarian Ranbir Singh, saying that his role in the freedom movement will always be remembered. 'His contributions to the freedom movement and as a member of the constituent assembly and the first and second Lok Sabha will always be remembered by the country,' the prime minister said in a brief message.

February 1st, 2009 ROHTAK - The body of Ranbir Singh, the last surviving member of India's Constituent Assembly, were consigned to flames here Monday with full state honours. Ranbir Singh, 94, passed away Sunday.