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India student death was 'staged'

Source: BBC

Ahmedabad : India | 3 months ago

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Ishrat Jahan Raza was one of four people shot dead by Gujarat police in 2004 on suspicion of being part of a banned Pakistani-based militant group. Relatives maintained the victims were killed by police in a staged clash, commonly known as "fake encounters".

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