On August 15, one of the most hyped movies of the year, Batla House, starring John Abraham in the lead, released nationwide to much fanfare. The movie is based on the infamous 2008 encounter when the Delhi Police killed two alleged operatives of the Indian Mujahideen who they said were responsible for the 2008 Delhi serial blasts. There was gunfire exchange inside a flat in the Batla House area of Jamia Nagar, Okhla. A police officer, MC Sharma, was also killed in this crossfire. The encounter, many people debate, was a staged encounter by the police force that killed two innocent students of Jamia Milia Islamia.
The film shows ACP Sanjay Kumar (John Abraham), a character based on Delhi supercop Sanjeev Kumar Yadav. He and his special cell prove the genuineness of the case in the Saket District Court, arguing that those two men were indeed terrorists, and not innocent students —in addition to nabbing another terrorist who allegedly killed Inspector KK Verma (Inspector MC Sharma, as named in the movie).
