CBI registers FIR against 12 UP policemen in fake encounter case

The CBI has registered an FIR against 12 policemen, including an IPS officer, for their alleged involvement in a fake encounter case.

"The FIR was registered by CBI against 12 policemen on June 23 after conducting the inquiry in the case", a senior CBI official said.

The policemen against whom the FIR have been registered are J Ravider Gaur, an 2005 batch IPS officer and currently posted as superintendent of police Balrampur, inspectors--Vikas Saxena, Mula Singh, Devendra Shamra, RK Gupta, constables-- Gauri Shankar Vishwakarma, Ravi Prakash Shukla, Virendra Sharma, Dinesh Singh, Anil Kumar and Kalicharan, he said.

The alleged fake encounter took place in Bareilly CB Ganj area on June 30, 2007, when a youth Mukul Gupta was killed. The police claimed that he was shot dead as he was going to loot a bank.
   
Gupta's father Brajendra later moved to the court claiming that his son was innocent. The Allahabad high court had on February 26 ordered a CBI probe in the matter.

Besides charge of murder, the policemen have been charged with attempt to destroy/conceal evidence, the official said.