3 Kashmir Youths’ Death Under Cloud As Families Cry ‘Fake Encounter’
The families alleged the trio were friends and had gone to Kashmir University in Srinagar for academic registration. PTI File Photo Naseer Ganai 2020-12-30T20:33:48+05:30 3 Kashmir Youths’ Death Under Cloud As Families Cry ‘Fake Encounter’ outlookindia.com 2020-12-30T22:05:54+05:30
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Their families alleged that they are civilians and were at home with them until yesterday.
They protested outside the police control room (PCR) Srinagar, saying the slain youths were not militants. They said the trio were friends and had gone to Kashmir University in Srinagar for academic registration.
Lawaypora Encounter: Families Contest Army Version, Says ‘Innocent’ Trio Killed in ‘Staged’ Gunfight
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Within less than an hour of Jammu and Kashmir police saying three militants were killed in an encounter at Lawaypora, families of the trio held protests outside the police control room claiming they were innocent and killed in a “staged” encounter.
The police said the three were “hardcore associates” of terrorists and that they will investigate the case and come to the conclusion soon on merits. The allegations by the families come close on the heels of the Shopian fake encounter where police investigation has held an army captain and two civilians responsible for the killing of three labourers from Rajouri killed earlier this year. The army has said it has competed the process of recording the summary of evidence in the case.