Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Dec 4: A re-poll is being held tomorrow on two District Development Council (DDC) constituencies in North Kashmir after a gap of two years. The re-poll was necessitated after it was found that two contesting candidates in these two constituencies were Pakistan nationals. The State Election Commission (SEC) ordered a re-poll in two DDC constituencies Hajin-A and Drugmulla constituencies of Bandipora and Kupwara districts respectively. The counting will be held on December 8 and the poll process […]
But families say the dead men were innocent civilians.
Kashmir valley s top police official said that weapons were found.
Indian security forces said they killed three fighters in Kashmir s main city, Srinagar, after a gun battle on Wednesday, but families of the dead men said they were innocent civilians.
India has been quelling unrest in the disputed Himalayan region for decades and killed more than 200 people this year, according to official data.
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It is, however, rare for families to immediately contest victims allegiance to armed groups.
Police in Kashmir this month filed charges against an army officer and a civilian for allegedly killing three labourers and planting weapons to pass them off as armed fighters.
Indian troops kill Kashmir rebels but families say they were innocent
30 Dec 2020
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Police say three suspected rebel fighters were killed in India-administered Kashmir s main city, but the families of the slain men – two students and a carpenter – say they were killed in a staged gun battle. Indian soldiers stand guard outside a damaged house after a gun battle with suspected rebels at Lawaypora area on the outskirts of Srinagar city, on December 30, 2020. (AFP)
Families of two teenage boys and a young man killed in India-administered Kashmir by Indian troops during an alleged firefight have denied they were rebels – a rare protest in the disputed Himalayan region.
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