West Bengal police encounters raise hard questions
Since the BJP government took power in Bengal in May, five people have been killed in police encounters. Three of them were accused of murder and two were charged with sexual assault of minors. The Hindu explains the events behind these deaths and the questions they raise.
ContextContext: West Bengal was governed by the Trinamool Congress from 2011 until the BJP took power this May, so these killings are part of a new state government's policing record. A police encounter is a clash in which officers fire at suspects, and such cases often face scrutiny over whether the shootings were justified.
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