Morena: A magisterial probe has concluded that an encounter which took place in November 2010 in Morena district, in which four alleged dacoits were killed, was fake.

Four alleged dacoits belonging to Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh were killed in the encounter with police on November 22, 2010 near Phute Balaji temple in Jatouli ravines under Tentra Police Station.
The judicial probe was conducted by Additional Collector A V Singh. Singh recently submitted his report to the Morena Collector, D D Agrawal, sources said today. Sanju Bais, Guddu Singh Bais, Sone Singh Bais and Anil Kacchi were killed in the encounter. The then Superintendent of Police, Gaurav Rajput, had described them as notorious criminals. Police claimed to have recovered weapons from them.
But the probe found that only Sanju was carrying a reward of Rs 7,500 on his head. Anil Kacchi had no criminal record whatsoever. None of the policemen was injured, while it appeared that alleged dacoits had been shot without any provocation, report said.
The family members of the victims had approached the higher officials of the state government following which a report was sought.
PTI