Death for man who shot police inspector in Batla House encounter
Published : Mar 16, 2021, 8:37 am IST
Updated : Mar 16, 2021, 12:01 pm IST
Rs 10 lakh of Rs 11 lakh fine imposed should be released to the inspector’s family
During the encounter in Batla House at Jamia Nagar in south Delhi on September 19, 2008, two suspected terrorists, identified as Atif Amin and Mohammed Sajid, were killed while Inspector Sharma of Special Cell received gun shot. YouTube
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday awarded death sentence to Ariz Khan, convicted for the murder of police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and other offences in connection with the 2008 Batla House encounter. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 11 lakh on Khan and directed Rs 10 lakh be immediately released to deceased inspector Sharma’s family.
Both Shahzad Ahmad and Ariz Khan were later declared proclaimed offenders.
Ahmad was arrested from Lucknow in 2010 and Ariz was arrested from India-Nepal border on February 14 in 2018.
Ariz did his schooling from Azamgarh, police said.
He has been involved in other cases in Delhi as well.
However, trial in those cases is still pending.
As per prosecution evidence, Ariz was pursuing B.Tech in IT from a college in Mujaffarnagar where he had taken admission in 2005.
As per a statement of his uncle in the court, he later left the course and lastly resided with him in the year 2008 for further studies.
Urdu Bulletin: Batla House encounter verdict extensively covered ANI | Updated: Mar 16, 2021 11:09 IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Various Urdu newspapers in the national capital on Tuesday reported Delhi s court verdict in the Batla House encounter case.
The publications also reported the scheduled meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday with the Chief Ministers of States and Union Territories in view of rising COVID-19 cases across the country.
Rashtriya Sahara: The newspaper highlighted the conviction of Ariz Khan in the Batla House encounter case and the court s observation that this is a rarest of rare case while awarding him the death penalty.
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Ariz Khan, who has been awarded the death penalty for the murder of Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma in connection with the sensational 2008 Batla House encounter case was allegedly associated with the Indian Mujahideen. File Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-16T07:40:30+05:30 All You Need To Know About Batla House Encounter And Ariz Khan’s Conviction outlookindia.com 2021-03-16T07:52:27+05:30
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