18 Uttarakhand policemen convicted in 2009 fake encounter

They were arrested for gunning down MBA student Ranbir Singh in Dehradun on July 3, 2009, on charges that he was attempting to commit a crime.

In this July 8 2009 photo, parents of slain MBA student Ranbir Singh take part in a candle light procession in Dehradun. Eighteen policemen were convicted on Friday in 2009 killing of Singh in Dehradun in a fake encounter.

A Central Bureau of Investigation court in New Delhi on Friday convicted 18 Uttarakhand policemen in the >2009 killing of a 22-year-old student in Dehradun in a fake encounter .

CBI Special Judge J.P.S. Malik convicted 18 policemen, who were involved in the Ranbir Singh encounter case that rocked the hill State in 2009.

Seven accused, including then inspector Santosh Jaiswal, sub-inspectors Gopal Dutt Bhatt, Rajesh Bisht, Neeraj Kumar, Nitin Chauhan and Chandra Mohan, were convicted on charges of murder.

Ten policemen were convicted for conspiring to murder while one policeman was convicted for framing incorrect record.

The >18 policemen were charged by the CBI in connection with the case.

Other policemen charged in the case are constables Ajeet Singh, Satbir Singh, Sunil Saini, Chander Pal, Saurabh Nautiyal, Nagendra Nath, Vikas Chandra Baluni, Sanjay Rawat, Mohan Singh Rana, Inder Bhan Singh, Manoj Kumar and head operator at city control room Jaspal Singh Gosain.

They were arrested for gunning down Ranbir Singh, an MBA student from Ghaziabad on July 3, 2009, on charges that he was attempting to commit a crime.

The case was transferred to Delhi by the Supreme Court on the plea of Ranbir Singh’s father Ravindra Singh.