BATLA HOUSE IS THE MOST RECENT FILM IN A SLATE OF NATIONALISTIC MOVIES STARRING (AND PRODUCED BY) JOHN. HE BEGAN THE STREAK WITH PARMANU - THE STORY OF POKHRAN, SATYAMEVA JAYATE AND ROMEO AKBAR WALTER. THE ACTOR PLAYS DCP SANJEEV KUMAR YADAV IN THE FILM, WHICH WILL REPORTEDLY TELL THE STORY OF THE ENCOUNTER, AND THE SUBSEQUENT CONTROVERSY IT ATTRACTED. THERE ARE SEVERAL SCENES TEASED IN THE TRAILER, IN WHICH JOHN’S CHARACTER IS PUT THROUGH THE PACES AS AN INVESTIGATION IN LAUNCHED INTO THE ENCOUNTER.
THE PLOT OF ABRAHAM’S BATLA HOUSE IS BASED ON THE AFTERMATH OF THE BATLA HOUSE ENCOUNTER CASE THAT TOOK PLACE IN DELHI'S JAMIA NAGAR IN DELHI IN 2008. THIS ENCOUNTER CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO ALLEGED TERRORISTS WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE BOMBINGS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THE BATLA HOUSE ENCOUNTER, ALSO KNOWN AS OPERATION BATLA HOUSE, TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 AGAINST INDIAN MUJAHIDEEN (IM) TERRORISTS IN THE BATLA HOUSE LOCALITY OF JAMIA NAGAR – A MUSLIM NEIGHBOURHOOD IN SOUTH DELHI. THE DAY UNFOLDED AFTER DCP YADAV AND HIS MEN RECEIVED A SPECIAL TIP ABOUT 5 YOUNG TERRORISTS, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIVE BOMB ATTACKS THAT TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 IN DELHI, WERE HIDING IN FLAT NUMBER 108 OF THE L-18 BUILDING LOCATED IN BATLA HOUSE. FOLLOWING THE TIP, DELHI POLICE INSPECTOR MOHAN CHAND SHARMA AND A TEAM OF OFFICERS WERE DEPLOYED TO L-18 (A FOUR STOREY BUILDING) TO VERIFY THE TERRORISTS’ LOCATION. HOWEVER, THINGS QUICKLY ESCALATED BETWEEN BOTH THE PARTIES, AFTER POLICE, GAINED AN ENTRY INTO THE APARTMENT. BULLETS WERE FIRED AND INSPECTOR SHARMA ALONG WITH A HEAD CONSTABLE WERE GRAVELY INJURED. JOHN ABRAHAM PLAYS DCP SANJAY KUMAR WHO LEADS THE ENCOUNTER AGAINST TERRORISTS SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN HIDDEN INSIDE BATLA HOUSE. HE SUCCESSFULLY TERMINATES THEM BUT IS LATER SUSPECTED OF DOCTORING A TAKE ENCOUNTER. HOW HE FIGHTS TO CLEAR HIS NAME FORMS THE CRUX OF THE FILM. THE FILM IS BASED ON THE INFAMOUS BATLA HOUSE ENCOUNTER CASE WHICH TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2008. ENCOUNTER SPECIALIST DELHI POLICE INSPECTOR MOHAN CHAND SHARMA LOST HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. HE WAS LATER AWARDED INDIA'S HIGHEST PEACETIME MILITARY DECORATION THE ASHOKA CHAKRA ON 26 JANUARY 2009. VARIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ALLEGED THAT THE POLICE CARRIED OUT A FAKE ENCOUNTER BUT LATER THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE JUDICIARY CLEARED THE POLICE OF ALL CHARGES. VARIOUS POLITICAL PARTIES TRIED TO DERIVE POLITICAL MILEAGE FROM THE WHOLE THING. DESPITE THE CLEARANCE FROM BOTH THE COURT AND THE NHRC, THE POLICE STILL GET QUESTIONED ABOUT THE INCIDENT.
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