UP Police to serve legal notice to Amnesty India over misinformation about ‘encounter killings’
On Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh Police pulled up human rights body Amnesty India after the latter tweeted that 900 people had been ‘killed in police encounters in UP between March 2017 and Jan 2018′.
UP Police wrote on Twitter: “Dear @AIIndia we beg ur pardon but there’s a major human error in ur numbers, unless U have redefined D injured & dead as alike! With due respect to the 37 dead V request you to respect the ones alive & Not declare them dead! We’ll make sure our legal notice is better researched.”
Reacting to their gaffe, Amnesty India put up a tweet owning up to their mistakes. They wrote: “Correction: An earlier tweet incorrectly stated that over 900 people had been killed in police encounters in Uttar Pradesh between March 2017 and January 2018. The figure actually referred to both deaths and injuries.
Dear @AIIndia we beg ur pardon but there’s a major human error in ur numbers, unless U have redefined D injured & dead as alike! With due respect to the 37 dead V request you to respect the ones alive & Not declare them dead! We’ll make sure our legal notice is …read more
