Srinagar: BSF has identified one of its personnel involved in the killing of a 16-year-old last week that had sparked protests in the Kashmir valley.
The para-military force has termed the killing as an "accident".
The BSF will be handing over the soldier to Jammu and Kashmir police for conducting the test identification parade, official sources said today.
They said an internal inquiry conducted by the paramilitary forces identified the personnel, whose identity was not immediately known. He has been questioned by senior officials of the force.
The boy was shot dead by security personnel on February 5 at Nishat, leading to major protests across the valley.
Police had examined all the call records around the area after Zahid Farooq Shah was shot dead. Eyewitnesses had told the police that the vehicle of the security forces had an insignia of "hangul" (red deer).
The mark is used on the vehicles of BSF and the paramilitary force has a unit based nearby.
Police had asked the BSF to provide the log details of the vehicle movements in and out of the company headquarter located near Nishat, the place where the incident took place.
The breakthrough comes after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah raised the issue of Zahid`s killing with the Centre at the recent Conference on Internal Security chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
He had sought the help of the Union Home Ministry in identifying the culprits. Home Minister P Chidambaram had assured Omar that the Centre will help in identifying the accused.
The state government has already ordered a probe into the incident and said that stern action would be taken against the guilty.
PTI
