Mumbai court acquits 5 Haryana cops, two others for gangster's 2016 'encounter'

MUMBAI: (Mar 28) A court here on Friday acquitted five Haryana police personnel, including a then sub-inspector, and two others booked for the alleged fake encounter of gangster Sandeep Gadoli at a hotel in Mumbai in 2016, after the prosecution failed to prove murder and other charges against them.

The defence had argued that the shooting was not a premeditated execution, but an act in self-defence, as the gangster had opened fire at the police team, which had gone to the hotel to arrest him.

Additional sessions judge Prashant Kale acquitted the accused, as none of the charges against them under the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act was proven.