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In India, an encounter is a term used by the police to refer to deadly action taken by police during an alleged encounter with a suspected 'terrorist'. The implicit claim in the term is that the target of police action was either engaged in or was attempting to engage in deady violence, and that the police merely acted in self-defence and the public interest by killing the alleged "terrorist." The term gained notoriety throughout India as a euphemism for extra-judicial killings by police since the 1980s in areas where social conflicts or insurgencies prevail, and is now part of the public discourse.
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REPORT 1:
Official version: http://m.timesofindia.com/PDATOI/articleshow/4440427.cms Two dozen Naxals arrested in Chhattisgarh
23 Apr, 2009 1750hrs IST PTI RAIPUR: As many as two dozen Naxals have been arrested in two separate operations in Bastar division in Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, police today picked up a total of 15 Naxalites from the Begalpur forest area in Dantewada district, Superintendent of Police Rahul Sharma said, adding that they were being interrogated. |
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Javed Iqbal  On the 12th of April, 2009, the police reported that three Naxalites were killed in an encounter near Kirandool, in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, India |
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