Azad demands judicial probe in Hyderpora encounter
Jammu Nov 18 PTI Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the Hyderpora encounter in which police claimed to have killed two terrorists and two terror associates The administration on Thursday ordered a magisterial probe into the encounter amid protests by families of three of the four persons killed in the encounter claiming their relatives were innocent I demand a judicial inquiry into the Hyderpora encounter to find out how and why people were killed It is a case of police and not of the Army There should be an inquiry under a high court judge Azad told reporters in Kathua on Thursday He asked how can a police team probe allegations against the police themselves Azad said that while he respects the police and has been a great admirer of the Army and security forces there is need to ensure that such things do not happen especially in Srinagar city If such things take place in the capital then people will question what must be happening in the hinterland he added The Congress leader referred to the probe in the Shopian encounter last year and said the Army delivered justice in the case He said that during his time as chief minister justice was delivered to the families of three labourers killed in a fake encounter The accused police officers were in jail for the last 13 years Azad said It is time for police to provide justice he said Azad also condemned the incidents of targeted killings that shook Kashmir last month For 20 consecutive days 6-8 targeted killings took place here Its been 3 months and we do not know anything There should be a probe into this as well We should get into the details of who was behind this and arrest them said The magisterial probe into the Hyderpora killings was ordered amid protests by the family members of Mohammad Altaf Bhat the building owner Mudasir Gul a tenant and Amir Magray Guls office boy They have described the killings as cold-blooded murder They have demanded that the bodies of the deceased be handed over to them for the last rites All the four persons killed in the encounter were buried in the Handwara area of Kupwara district PTI AB AAR
Jammu Nov 18 PTI Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the Hyderpora encounter in which police claimed to have killed two terrorists and two terror associates The administration on Thursday ordered a magisterial probe into the encounter amid protests by families of three of the four persons killed in the encounter claiming their relatives were innocent I demand a judicial inquiry into the Hyderpora encounter to find out how and why people were killed It is a case of police and not of the Army There should be an inquiry under a high court judge Azad told reporters in Kathua on Thursday He asked how can a police team probe allegations against the police themselves Azad said that while he respects the police and has been a great admirer of the Army and security forces there is need to ensure that such things do not happen especially in Srinagar city If such things take place in the capital then people will question what must be happening in the hinterland he added The Congress leader referred to the probe in the Shopian encounter last year and said the Army delivered justice in the case He said that during his time as chief minister justice was delivered to the families of three labourers killed in a fake encounter The accused police officers were in jail for the last 13 years Azad said It is time for police to provide justice he said Azad also condemned the incidents of targeted killings that shook Kashmir last month For 20 consecutive days 6-8 targeted killings took place here Its been 3 months and we do not know anything There should be a probe into this as well We should get into the details of who was behind this and arrest them said The magisterial probe into the Hyderpora killings was ordered amid protests by the family members of Mohammad Altaf Bhat the building owner Mudasir Gul a tenant and Amir Magray Guls office boy They have described the killings as cold-blooded murder They have demanded that the bodies of the deceased be handed over to them for the last rites All the four persons killed in the encounter were buried in the Handwara area of Kupwara district PTI AB AAR
