After two mainstream parties in Jammu and Kashmir the National Conference and People’s Democratic Party sought impartial probe , J&K LG Manoj Sinha orders magisterial probe into Hyderpora encounter in Srinagar, in which four people were killed.
With families of three of the four persons killed in Hyderpora encounter in Srinagar claiming the men were innocent, the encounter has become controversial.
The three families have also demanded return of the bodies which have been buried by the police in north Kashmir’s Handwara, for proper burial and inquiry.
A controversy erupted over the encounter held on Monday near Srinagar following conflicting claims about two deceased civilians as their family members contested the police’s charge that they were ‘terror associates’.
Omar Abdullah, National Conference Vice- president and Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister in a tweet wrote, An impartial & credible inquiry in to the recent encounter in #Hyderpora is an absolute necessity. There are far too many questions being raised about the encounter & about the people killed.
An impartial & credible inquiry in to the recent encounter in #Hyderpora is an absolute necessity. There are far too many questions being raised about the encounter & about the people killed.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) November 16, 2021
Former J&K Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti had tweeted, Using innocent civilians as human shields, getting them killed in cross firing & then conveniently labelling them as OGWs is part of GOIs rulebook now. Imperative that a credible judicial enquiry is done to bring out the truth
Using innocent civilians as human shields, getting them killed in cross firing & then conveniently labelling them as OGWs is part of GOIs rulebook now. Imperative that a credible judicial enquiry is done to bring out the truth & put an end to this rampant culture of impunity. https://t.co/QOJonQ0kyS
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) November 16, 2021
According to the police, a Pakistani terrorist and his local associate Mohammad Amir, along with two civilians — Altaf Bhat and Mudassir Gul — were killed in the encounter in Hyderpora locality, where an illegal call centre and a terror hideout were allegedly being run.
Inspector-General of Police (Kashmir range) Vijay Kumar maintained that Gul was an active associate of terrorists and was running the call centre on the premises owned by Altaf.
He said that Bhat was killed in cross-firing with the terrorists and though he expressed regret over the death, he said Bhat would be counted among the ‘harbourers’ of terrorists.
