Srinagar: General officer Commanding (GoC) of Army’s Kilo Force, H S Sahi Wednesday said that the three militants killed in the gunfight at Lawaypora on Srinagar outskirts were planning “a big strike on the highway to gain publicity”.
Addressing a joint press conference at 2 RR headquarters at Zainakote, HMT, Srinagar, Sahi said that the identity of the slain trio is being ascertained and also the militant organisation they were affiliated with.
The GoC Kilo Force said that since the “past many days, intelligence inputs were pouring in continuously” about the movement of militants on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway.
On Tuesday, the Army developed leads and came to know that militants are hiding in a house right opposite to Noora hospital at Lawaypora in HMT area, Sahi said.
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.
Kashmir: They were innocent, say families of three youth killed in encounter
By Muzamil Bhat| Updated: 30th December 2020 6:52 pm IST
Srinagar: Hours after security forced claimed to have killed three militants in an encounter in Srinagar, the families of the slain youth claim that they were innocent and were not involved in any militancy related activity.
The families staged a protest near the Police Control Room in Batamaloo, Srinagar and demanded a high-level probe into what they called a fake encounter.
“He left home to submit examination form, how can he be a militant,” said a family member of Aijaz who was one of the slain killed in the encounter.