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Five Retired Punjab Police Officers Sentenced to Life for 1993 Tarn Taran Fake Encounters

Grounded in moral bankruptcy the court convicted five retired officers on charges ranging from criminal conspiracy to evidence destruction

Emotional scenes played out in the CBI court on Monday as family members of the seven victims killed in the 1993 Tarn Taran fake encounters broke down upon hearing the long-awaited verdict. (HT)
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Overview

  • A Mohali CBI Special Court on August 4 imposed rigorous life terms and ₹3.5 lakh fines on former SSP Bhupinderjit Singh, ex-DSP Devinder Singh and three other retired officers for their roles in two staged encounters.
  • The court found the officers guilty of conspiracy, murder and evidence destruction and described their actions as morally bankrupt and profoundly inhumane.
  • The judge refrained from awarding capital punishment, citing the convicts’ advanced age and the prolonged three-decade duration of the trial.
  • CBI evidence established that seven men—including three Special Police Officers and four civilians—were abducted, tortured and killed in staged operations on July 12 and July 28, 1993, with their bodies cremated as unclaimed despite forensic discrepancies.
  • Victims’ families, who pursued justice after a 1996 Supreme Court order prompted a CBI probe, are now demanding compensation, official exoneration and state support for decades of suffering.