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DESCRIPTION:A police “encounter killing,” or simply “encounter,” is a term with 
 no legal validity but which has seeped via the media into Indian English so 
 surely that it has acquired a life of its own. It refers to a face-to-face 
 interaction between the police and suspects leading to the killing of the 
 suspects. While intended to convey serendipity, encounter killings in 
 reality are often pre-planned executions by police or security agencies. 
 First used against Maoists in the 1970s, and counterinsurgents in the 
 Northeast and Kashmir, executions as unstated state policy were perfected 
 in dealing with Sikh militant groups in the 80s and 90s. The ‘Punjab 
 solution’, as it came to be known, became the model for the internal 
 security establishment. Mumbai’s underworld was reined in through a 
 series of high profile encounter killings—much celebrated in the popular 
 media for imposing order into the urban anarchy that the gang-wars were 
 breeding. Indeed, this became the preferred quick-fix method of dealing 
 with a range of ‘undesirables’, from petty criminals to gangsters, to 
 alleged terrorists and separatists. But more often than not, those lumped 
 together as ‘encounterables’ were simultaneously marked out through 
 their caste, ethnic and religious affiliations. The talk will discuss the 
 history of fake encounters in India and the role of the media and judiciary 
 in dealing with them.\n\nManisha Sethi is Assistant Professor at the Centre 
 for the Study of Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia 
 Islamia, New Delhi. Her research interests are in the area of gender and 
 religion, communalism, and law and terrorism. She has published extensively 
 on these themes in academic as well as popular publications. She is 
 currently Associate Editor, Biblio: A Review of Books, India’s premier 
 book review journal, with which she has been associated for over a decade. 
 Sethi is the President of the Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Association, which 
 has been closely involved in a campaign against extra judicial killings. 
 Her book, Escaping the World: Chastity, Power and Women’s Renunciation 
 among Jains, Routledge India, is due later this year.\n\nThis event is 
 organized by Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center  and 
 co-sponsored by the Stanford Center for South Asia and the Indian American 
 Muslim Council (IAMC)\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/26/18691379.php
SUMMARY:Fake Encounters in India: Instant Justice By Police and Posthumous Trial by Media
LOCATION:Philippines Conference Room\nEncina Hall\n616 Serra St., 3rd 
 floor\nStanford University\nStanford, CA 94305\n\nAVAILABILITY\nOpen to the 
 public
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/26/18691379.php
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