- In a major decision, the Supreme Court has ordered a CBI probe into 62 encounter killings in Manipur, carried out by police or Army personnel, reported ANI.
- In an earlier order, the SC had refused to exempt Army personnel in AFSPA enforced areas from being named in FIRs for encounter killings.
- The CBI director has been asked to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the team will have to submit investigation compliance report by January 2018.
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