5 men killed by police

5 men killed by police:  The five men were killed in chennai(madras) on thursday by the police. Four of the men were from the state Bihar and one of the men was from Bengal The human right are questioning about this since it was a straight shoot-out. Police say the men had carried out two big and fearless bank robberies in the city. Rights activists declare that they were killed Without proof and killed In a gun-battle, commonly known as a "fake encounter". Reports say that about $66,000 (£42,000) was looted over the last month by armed men from the branches of the Bank of Baroda and the Indian Overseas Bank. About 40 special teams were formed to catch the criminals. Police circulated video images of a suspect allegedly surveying one of the banks robbed on Wednesday.They say these generated calls from the public, and allowed them to carry out an operation against the robbers. Police said that when they went to the area to check the background of the men, they were fired upon.But the the police version of events is being disagreed. Human rights advocates Sudha Ramalingam and Sankarasubbu are questioning the logic of going to a heavily populated area in large numbers when police were unsure of the men's identity. www.bbc.com www.cnn.com