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The return of VC Sajjanar: How India glorifies encounter killings

VC Sajjanar, the IPS officer who led the 2019 “Disha encounter,” is now Hyderabad’s new Police Commissioner. In this episode of Let Me Explain, Pooja Prasanna looks at what his rise says about India’s dangerous glorification of encounter killings, and how cinema, media, and public adulation have helped turn cops…

Newslaundry · Oct 27, 2025

Justice Vijaysen Reddy suspends Sirpurkar Commission report till further orders

Telangana High Court suspends report on 'Disha encounter' case, protecting police officers pending further hearing in July.

The Hindu · May 1, 2024

Impleading petitioners be heard as intervenors in Disha encounter-related PIL pleas, writ petition: Telangana HC

Telangana HC directs police party responsible for Disha encounter to be heard in PIL petitions & writ petition connected to case.

The Hindu · Dec 28, 2023

Disha police of Nandyal district in Andhra Pradesh save woman farmer from rape attempt

The Disha police of Nandyal district saved a woman farmer from an alleged rape attempt after she sent an SOS alert on Disha app. Police team reached the spot within 10 mins and arrested accused at Sirivella village.

The Hindu · Aug 19, 2023

Disha Police foil three child marriages in 10 days in Andhra Pradesh

The Disha police stopped three child marriages within ten days in Andhra Pradesh. They counselled the parents and rescued the girls.

The Hindu · Jun 8, 2023

Cab driver arrested in Eluru ‘rape’ case

The Disha police on April 24 (Monday) arrested a cab driver, Sadarla Anudeep, 30, on charges of repeatedly raping a 23-year-old girl by holding her captive in his house for two weeks under the Eluru police limits. On April 23, the victim was rescued by her parents from the accused,…

The Hindu · Apr 24, 2023

Explained | Police encounters in India: cases, convictions and court orders

The debate over India’s police ‘encounters’ has stirred up again as a Supreme Court-appointed Commission concluded that the encounter of Disha gang-rape accused was fake.

The Hindu · Jun 3, 2022

Shifting mobile phone locations of encounter cops bust lies, says Supreme Court panel

HYDERABAD: Moving cell phone locations of the encounter cops, who claimed to be present at the Chattanpally shootout site till late evening, proved to be a clincher for the Supreme Court-appointed commission of inquiry into the 2019 Disha encounter case. The probe panel also pointed out zero calls from their…

The Times of India · May 21, 2022

Hyderabad: Disha encounter fake, book 10 cops for murder, says Supreme Court panel

HYDERABAD: The four accused in the 2019 Disha rape and murder case were killed in a fake encounter while in police custody and the 10 cops involved in it should be booked for murder, the Supreme Court-appointed commission to inquire into the killings has said in its report submitted to…

The Times of India · May 20, 2022

SC-appointed Commission holds 2019 Telangana encounter fake

NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: The Supreme Court-appointed inquiry commission, headed by Justice V S Sirpurkar, has found the 2019 encounter killing of four arrested accused in Disha rape-cum-murder case in Telangana as fake and fastened murder charges against all 10 policemen involved in the act.

The Times of India · May 20, 2022