Fake encounters are a trend in Indian-occupied Kashmir, says NGO

Occupied Srinagar, July 10 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, a non-governmental organization, Youth Empowerment Services of Kashmir (YES), has demanded reinvestigation of a decade-old encounter in Islamabad district in which three civilians were martyred by Indian troops.

The YES President, Tanveer Ahmad while addressing a news conference in Srinagar said, fake encounters have been a trend in Kashmir. “On March 1, 2011, some innocent Kashmiris were martyred near Janglat Mandi, Islamabad, by Indian Army and Ikhwanis labelling them as militants. The irony is that a 70-year-old man martyred by the Army in the fake gunfight was dubbed as foreign militant.”

He said, “We have moved an application before the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, south Kashmir seeking reinvestigation into the fake encounter. We want the truth to prevail. Justice must be delivered to the families of the victims,” he added.

Tanveer said that the infamous encounter was not the first of its kind in the district. Earlier, he said, some civilians were taken to Shirpora forests by the Army and their corroborators and later killed in a fake shootout, adding, ”Everyone knows that they were civilians.”

He deplored that the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh and puppet Chief Minister of the occupied territory, Omar Abdullah in their speeches claimed that they would take action against human rights violators but there was nothing on ground.

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