Tribal girl's 'fake encounter': Police inspector held by CID

Over five years after a tribal girl, Meena Khalko, was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh, the state CID has arrested a police inspector in this connection.

This is the first arrest in the 2011 case, in which a total of 25 police personnel were allegedly involved.

"Nikodin Khess, who was then the Station House Officer (SHO) of Chando police station, was arrested yesterday on charges of murder in Meena Khalko case," Inspector General (CID) H K Rathore told

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