The inquiry commission headed by former SC Judge BS Chauhan and comprising former Allahabad High Court Judge Shashi Kant Agrawal and former Director General of Police KL Gupta, submitted its report to the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday after eight months of intense yet futile search for independent witnesses who could give a version that was different from the police narrative about the encounter killings.
The report is in the process of being filed in the Supreme Court.
‘No Evidence Against the Police’
While the Bikru armed assault on the police team took place in the night of 3 July, the encounter killings of Dubey and his associates happened in broad daylight.
“And yet, there was no independent witness who came forward to depose and give evidence that was at variance with the police version of the encounters,” said an official source.
As many as six PILs were filed in the Supreme Court that later approved the UP government’s decision to institute an inquiry commission into…