“My son was incorrectly implicated and was then shot in a fake encounter. His entire career was destroyed. I spent two years to run from the pillar, with an FIR lodged against the policemen involved, but no one heard. Now, at the end, a case has been registered against 12 policemen.”
This is the account of Tarun Gautam from Mathura. His son, Somesh Gautam, was shot in a police encounter on 6 September 2022. The police shot him in the leg. Now, an FIR has been lodged against 12 policemen, including the then shoes of the tide police station in Noida, allegedly to staging a fake encounter. Somesh was preparing for a BTech degree. So, how did the police frame him? What happened that caused an encounter? And how did his father and lawyer fight for justice for two long years? Here is the whole story.