'Encounter deaths show cops' lack of faith in rule of law'

ENCOUNTER deaths and instances of accused sustaining injuries during their escape attempt must be taken note of seriously and investigated thoroughly, as it tends to show a lack of faith by the law enforcement agency in the Rule of Law, Constitutional Rights and Protection and the Criminal Justice System, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court said on Friday.

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Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy was hearing a criminal petition filed by A Guruvammal in 2010, seeking directions to register an FIR against policemen who killed her son Murugan alias Kallumandaiyan, and another accused, Kaviarasu, on February 16, 2010, in an encounter and entrust the investigation to an independent agency such as the CBI.