{"id":7744,"date":"2023-12-26T05:52:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T05:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=7744"},"modified":"2023-12-26T05:52:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T05:52:30","slug":"army-initiates-court-of-inquiry-as-police-lodges-murder-case-over-killing-of-3-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/army-initiates-court-of-inquiry-as-police-lodges-murder-case-over-killing-of-3-civilians\/","title":{"rendered":"Army initiates Court of Inquiry as police lodges murder case over killing of 3 civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"

JAMMU: According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span>sources\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Monday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>opened\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Court<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Inquiry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>filed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>murder\u00a0<\/span>case\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unidentified\u00a0<\/span>individuals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>deaths\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civilians<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>apprehended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>force\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>questioned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>soldiers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>killed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>terrorist\u00a0<\/span><\/a>attack\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Poonch\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recently.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>related\u00a0<\/span><\/span>development\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>officers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>48\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rashtriya\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Rifles<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>facing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>action,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brigadier-level\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>moved.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>serious\u00a0<\/span>note\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>incident,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sparked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>outrage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>allegations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>torture\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>detention.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>21,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Surankote\u00a0<\/span><\/span>area\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Poonch<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ambushed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>soldiers’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vehicles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dhatyar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Morh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dhera\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ki\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gali\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Buffliaz,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resulting\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>deaths.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>attack,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reportedly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>picked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civilians,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>27\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>42,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>questioning;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>discovered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dead\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>22.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Social\u00a0<\/span>media\u00a0<\/span><\/span>users\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>videos\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appeared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>depict\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>torment.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Search\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>security\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forces\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>continuing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>incident\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span><\/span>21,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Army’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Additional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Directorate\u00a0<\/span>General\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Public\u00a0<\/span>Information\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(ADGPI)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>post\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>X\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>23.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civilian\u00a0<\/span>deaths\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>region.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>An\u00a0<\/span>investigation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conducted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>matter.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>dedicated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>offering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>complete\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assistance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>collaboration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>carrying\u00a0<\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>inquiries.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>opened\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Inquiry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suspected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>torture\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>subsequent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deaths\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civilians,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sources,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>carrying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>investigation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sources,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brigadier-level\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>overseeing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Surankote\u00a0<\/span><\/span>belt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>moved,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>unit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>question\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>face\u00a0<\/span><\/span>consequences.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Army’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>counter-insurgency\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>headlines\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>wrong\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reasons\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>major-rank\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exploded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>grenades\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inside\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Neeli\u00a0<\/span><\/span>post\u00a0<\/span><\/span>camp\u00a0<\/span><\/span>near\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thanamandi,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wounding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span>people,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officers.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sources,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>filed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>case\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unidentified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accused\u00a0<\/span><\/span>army\u00a0<\/span>personnel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>section\u00a0<\/span>302\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Penal\u00a0<\/span>Code,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>deals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>murder.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“…after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terror\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incident\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>DKG\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>21,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>army\u00a0<\/span>troops\u00a0<\/span><\/span>carried\u00a0<\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>searches\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Topa\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Peer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>buffliaz\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>escaped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>attack.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>few\u00a0<\/span><\/span>local\u00a0<\/span>youth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>detained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>troops\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>searches\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>questioned;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>these\u00a0<\/span><\/span>youth,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Safeer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ahmad,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mohd\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Showkat,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shabir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ahmad,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reportedly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>died\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>result\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>injuries.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Thus,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>section\u00a0<\/span><\/span>302\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IPC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cognizable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>offence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>established.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Based\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>data,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>case\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>immediately\u00a0<\/span><\/span>registered.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>An\u00a0<\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>citing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>FIR,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>current\u00a0<\/span>case\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>unique\u00a0<\/span>nature,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>special\u00a0<\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>submitted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>separately\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>investigation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>relative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deceased,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mohd\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sadiq,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>men\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>picked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>troops\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>full\u00a0<\/span>view\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>public,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>escorted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>policemen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mohd\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rashid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mohd\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rafiq\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>sources,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jagi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ganesh.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>want\u00a0<\/span><\/span>names\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concerned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>major,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>policemen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sources\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>included\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>FIR\u00a0<\/span><\/span>besides\u00a0<\/span><\/span>immediate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shifting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rashtriya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rifles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>camp,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“innocent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>persons\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>killed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cold\u00a0<\/span>blood\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>want\u00a0<\/span><\/span>justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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JAMMU: According\u00a0to\u00a0official\u00a0sources\u00a0on\u00a0Monday,\u00a0the\u00a0Army\u00a0has\u00a0opened\u00a0a\u00a0Court\u00a0of\u00a0Inquiry\u00a0and\u00a0police\u00a0have\u00a0filed\u00a0a\u00a0murder\u00a0case\u00a0against\u00a0unidentified\u00a0individuals\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0deaths\u00a0of\u00a0three\u00a0civilians\u00a0who\u00a0were\u00a0apprehended\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0force\u00a0and\u00a0questioned\u00a0after\u00a0three\u00a0soldiers\u00a0were\u00a0killed\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0terrorist\u00a0attack\u00a0in\u00a0Poonch\u00a0recently. A\u00a0related\u00a0development\u00a0is\u00a0that\u00a0three\u00a0officers\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a048\u00a0Rashtriya\u00a0Rifles\u00a0are\u00a0facing\u00a0legal\u00a0action,\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0brigadier-level\u00a0officer\u00a0was\u00a0moved.\u00a0The\u00a0Army\u00a0has\u00a0taken\u00a0serious\u00a0note\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0incident,\u00a0which\u00a0sparked\u00a0outrage\u00a0and\u00a0allegations\u00a0of\u00a0torture\u00a0during\u00a0detention. On\u00a0December\u00a021,\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Surankote\u00a0area\u00a0of\u00a0Poonch,\u00a0terrorists\u00a0ambushed\u00a0the\u00a0soldiers’\u00a0vehicles\u00a0at\u00a0Dhatyar\u00a0Morh,\u00a0between\u00a0Dhera\u00a0Ki\u00a0Gali\u00a0and\u00a0Buffliaz,\u00a0resulting\u00a0in\u00a0their\u00a0deaths.After\u00a0the\u00a0attack,\u00a0the\u00a0Army\u00a0reportedly\u00a0picked\u00a0up\u00a0three\u00a0civilians,\u00a0ages\u00a027\u00a0to\u00a042,\u00a0for\u00a0questioning;\u00a0they\u00a0were\u00a0discovered\u00a0dead\u00a0on\u00a0December\u00a022. 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