Archive · 2 Aug 2025
Five Punjab Police Officers Convicted in 1993 Fake Encounters
In 1993, seven people were killed in fake encounters by Punjab police.
Now, five former police officers have been found guilty by a court for their role.
They were convicted of plotting the crimes, killing the victims, and hiding the evidence.
The CBI investigation revealed that the police officers falsely implicated the victims in crimes and staged the encounters.
The sentencing will happen soon.
Five former Punjab police officials were convicted in a 1993 fake encounter case.
The convicted officers include a retired SSP and DSP, among others.
The CBI court found them guilty of criminal conspiracy, murder, and evidence destruction.
The case involved the deaths of seven individuals from the Tarn Taran district.
The quantum of the sentence will be announced on August 4.
- Who
- Former SSP Bhupinderjit Singh, DSP Davinder Singh, and three others were convicted.
- What
- Five former police officials were convicted in a 1993 fake encounter case.
- When
- The fake encounters occurred in 1993; the verdict was delivered on Friday and the sentencing is on August 4.
- Where
- Mohali, Punjab, India
- Why
- The victims were killed in staged encounters, and the police officers were found to have fabricated evidence.
- Convicted Officers
- 5
- Victims
- 7
- Incident Year
- 1993
- Conviction Charges
- Criminal Conspiracy, Murder
- Location
- Mohali, Punjab
