Families of 3 Hmar Men Killed in Assam Police ‘Encounter’ Say Cops’ Accounts Flawed

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The Gauhati high court is set to hear the matter next month.

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The Gauhati high court is set to hear the matter next month.

families of 3 hmar men killed in assam police ‘encounter’ say cops’ accounts flawed

A screengrab from the video of the incident.

Three Hmar men – Joshua Lalringsan, Lalbiekkung Hmar and Lallungawi Hmar – were arrested in Assam's Cachar district on July 16 and declared killed in an alleged police encounter the following day. The Assam police claimed the trio were militants involved in subversive activities, but their families have accused the police of staging an extra-judicial killing, presenting video evidence and forensic findings pointing to brutal torture.

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