On 12th Anniversary of Batla House Encounter, ED’s Ex-director Recounts How Media Trial Marred Their Probe
Batla House is perhaps one address that India is not likely to forget easily. Situated in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar, it was here, on this day, twelve years ago, that a face-off between the Delhi police and IM terrorists killed encounter specialist and Delhi Police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma. Sharma had spearheaded the raids — which resulted in an encounter — to nab the terrorists. During the encounter, two terrorists, Atif Ameen and Ariz Khan were also killed, while two others namely Mohammad Saif and Zeeshan were arrested.…