New Delhi: In the biggest ever conviction of police personnel in a fake encounter case, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in New Delhi found 17 Uttarakhand policemen guilty of killing a young man. The policemen had killed 22-year-old MBA graduate Ranbir in Dehradun five years back.
The prosecution was able to prove that the encounter site where Ranbir was gunned down was dressed up and the bullets that were fired from an AK-47 rifle were in fact from a police weapon.
CBI Director Ranjit Sinha said that he was proud of his officers.
The CBI did a very professional job. We are very happy, we are proud of our investigators. The CBI has lived up to its reputation, said Sinha.
On July 3, 2009, Ranbir was gunned down by Dehradun Police on charges that he was a part of an extortion racket in Doon valley. A case was first probed by CB-CID and it was later transferred to CBI. The trial was transferred from Dehradun to Delhi following a petition by Ranbir’s family.
Bureau Report
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