SHADNAGAR, India — A top Indian rights group launched an investigation Saturday into a police shooting of four rape-murder suspects, after accusations they were gunned down to assuage public anger. Others have expressed horror, however, with one Supreme Court lawyer calling it “murder in cold blood” and Amnesty International saying the “alleged extrajudicial execution” should be investigated. The operation was overseen by a police officer involved in two similar incidents including when three acid attack suspects were killed in a forest in 2008, the Indian Express daily reported Saturday. After the men were arrested last Friday, hundreds of people laid siege to the police station where they were being held. All five suspects have been arrested and are being questioned, senior policeman Suvendra Kumar Bhagat told AFP.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 07, 2019 08:03 UTC