CBI court issues summons to former IPS officer in 1996 encounter case

A CBI court here issued fresh summons to a former woman IPS officer in connection with a case involving a police encounter in Ghaziabad in 1996.

Jyoti Belur, the then Modinagar Circle Officer, was required to have been present in court on Wednesday but failed to do so. She has now been asked to appear in court on June 18 in the case involving the alleged killing of four labourers in a police encounter in November 1996.

Four police personnel have been chargesheeted in the case with Belur's name, too, having been mentioned in connection with the matter.

CBI sources said that Belur, who hails from Chennai, currently resides in the United Kingdom.