Security Code: Bhagalpur to Prayagraj & Hyderabad: India’s love-affair with police encounter getting stronger?

From Bhagalpur to Hyderabad and now gangster Atiq Ahmad’s Prayagraj, many ordinary people have applauded the extrajudicial killing of alleged criminals. The urge to seek retribution speaks of a lawless polity, where millions have learned not to look to the criminal justice system for help. But each encounter deepens the problem, instead of solving it