I have a couple of points which I need to make in the interest of sanity.
1. One can't condone fake encounters for reasons of convenience in a legal society. Once we start down that road, then what's to stop anyone inconvenient to the authoritarian narrative being given a similar "Good Bye". The issue here is not of guilt of Ishrat Jahan but to the circumstances leading to her death and the possible allegations regarding abortion of justice via denial of her day in court. Even the most disgusting and lowest among us must be judged according to laws of the land and given a fair hearing. Why else give a trial to likes Yakoob Menon, Afzal Guru, Kasab, Godse and others?
2. The other point which is important is that by using encounters frequently we only make them martyrs. We give this fight the legitimacy of this being a "War" which terrorism is most certainly not. Terrorism is plain and simple "murder" and needs to be deal as a matter of criminal justice system via probable cause, charge sheets, arrests, evidence discovery and trial under the constitution of India.
Martin Luther King said it best "Injustice Anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
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