The reward was announced shortly after the Supreme Court reprimanded the Uttar Pradesh government for “shielding police officers” and slapped a fine of Rs 7 lakh on the state.It may be recalled that Pradeep Kumar, 19, a B Tech student, was on his way to Delhi to meet his aunt, when he was shot dead in an alleged staged encounter after a robbery in a roadways bus on August 3, 2002.The police team led by the then inspector of Secunderabad, Randhir Singh, was booked for murder on the direction of a local court, which had rejected the CB-CID report that gave a clean chit to the team.Pradeep Kumar’s father who had been pursuing the case for over 19 years, approached the Supreme Court alleging lack of progress in the case.
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