Shahzad Ahmed gets life term in Batla House encounter case =>A Delhi court on Tuesday gave life imprisonment to Shahzad Ahmed in the 2008 Batla House encounter case in which the Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative was found guilty of shooting and killing a Delhi Police officer. The court had on July 25 convicted Shahzad of murder and other offences. "He (Shahzad) is held guilty of attempting to cause the death of head constables Balwant Singh and Rajbir Singh and causing the death of Inspector MC Sharma by firing on them," the court had said. The court had found Shahzad guilty of murder, attempt to murder, obstructing and assaulting public servants and grievously injuring the police officers to deter them from performing their duty. The court, however, acquitted him of the offence under section 174A IPC (failure to appear in specified time and place as required by a proclamation by court). The encounter had taken place at flat no. L-18, Batla House in Jamia Nagar locality in New Delhi on September 19, 2008, six days after serial bomb blasts rocked Delhi, killing 26 persons and injuring 133 others. The police had reached Batla House on a tip off that some suspected militants involved in the blasts were holed up in the building. Of the five flat occupants, Atif Ameen and Mohd Sajid were killed during the encounter.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 09:39:37 +0000
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