Srinagar Dec 28 PTI The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration PAGD on Tuesday said the polices briefing on the Hyderpora encounter was only a repetition of the old story and demanded a judicial enquiry into the incident It said there is a strong public perception that the civilians killed in the incident were made human shields by security forces Todays press briefing of J-K police about last months Hyderpora tragic incident is only a repetition of the old story It does not even slightly give any objective picture of this shocking incident said PAGD spokesman Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said in a statement He said the statement seems to be a concocted cover-up story It will not suffice the legitimate concerns of the people at large and family of the slain victims PAGD firmly believes that nothing short of a credible judicial probe will clear the doubts The administration must without any further delay order a time-bound judicial probe Tarigami said The Special Investigation Team of police headed by DIG Sujith K Singh on Tuesday ruled out any foul play by security forces in the Hyderpora killings It claimed that while one of the civilians was killed by the foreign terrorist hiding in the building the other two died in the crossfire with security forces at they were used as a human shield by the ultra A Pakistani terrorist and three other persons were killed in Hyderpora in Srinagar on November 15 and police had claimed that all the slain men had links to militancy The families of the three had however claimed that they were innocent and had alleged foul play prompting the police to order the inquiry The PAGD is an amalgam of five mainstream political parties in Kashmir PTI MIJ AQS AQS

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 21 (ANI): The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) will hold a meeting at the residence of the chairman Farooq Abdullah in Jammu today.

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 18 (ANI): The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) will hold a meeting at the residence of the chairman Farooq Abdullah at Jammu on December 21.

Srinagar Nov 19 PTI The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration PAGD has appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind to ensure that the rule of law prevails in Jammu and Kashmir and those erring officials involved in the killing of civilians in the Hyderpora encounter are brought to book and punished In a letter to the President that was issued to the media on Friday PAGD president Farooq Abdullah said the tragic incident in Hyderpora has evoked enormous public anger In this unfortunate incident three civilians got killed in suspicious circumstances The incident calls for a time-bound judicial probe so that true facts are unravelled and brought in public domain he said PAGD is the alliance of six mainstream political parties in Jammu an Kashmir including the National Conference NC and the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Abdullah who heads the National Conference said such unfortunate incidents widen the gulf between the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the Government of India and therefore are to be avoided at any cost We would remind Your Excellency that the administration of Jammu and Kashmir is being run in the name of Your Excellency by the Lt Governor acting as an agent and therefore an onerous responsibility is placed on Your Excellency to ensure that the rule of law prevails and the involved erring officials are brought to book and punished under law he said He also raised the issue of the practice of taking away bodies of the victims of such incidents and depriving their families of the right to organise their burial in accordance with religious practices In the unfortunate incident of Hyderpora also the bodies of three civilians have been taken away by the security forces and reportedly buried 100 km away from their residences Your Excellency the right to decent burial is well recognised in the Constitution of India as well as in the international humanitarian law The dead bodies cannot be denied the right to burial under any circumstances including the so-called law and order problem The bereaved families likewise also have a right to organise burial of the dead body in accordance with their religious practices he wrote in the letter dated November 18 The PAGD alleged that in the past few years such rights have been violated with impunity In the present case these rights are being denied We would request Your Excellency to intervene in the matter and ensure that the dead bodies are returned to their families so that they can perform their last rites in accordance with their respective religious practices it said The matter is of grave concern and calls for an urgent action Abdullah added The bodies of the two civilians -- Altaf Bhat and Mudasir Gul -- killed during Mondays encounter in Hyderpora area of the city were exhumed at Handwara late on Thursday and were handed over to the families The bodies were buried here during the night after their last rites were performed by the families PTI SSB SMN SMN