Tag: UP encounter killings

By MM Special Correspondent, New Delhi / Geneva: Alarmed by the allegations of at least 59 extra-judicial killings carried out by the police in Uttar Pradesh since March 2017, United Nation’s human rights body has slammed the state BJP government led by chief minister Yogi Adityanath who is a monk and a known Hindutva hardliner. The UN has sought a response from the Indian government on the issue but it did not get any reply from it. Meanwhile, Supreme Court of India on Monday is scheduled to hear a petition...