Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 990 Wed. March 14, 2007  
   
Metropolitan


'50 killed by law enforcers during emergency'


A total of 50 people were killed during operation by law enforcement agencies while 95,825 were arrested during the first 60 days of the state of emergency from January 12 to March 12, 2007, says a press release of Odhikar yesterday.

Of the 50 people, 26 were killed as a result of actions taken by Rab, 12 by police, six by army, five by joint forces and one by navy, it added.

Odhikar, a human rights body, demanded independent inquiries into all the extra judicial killings and to reveal the report publicly.