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J&K govt. orders probe into Baramulla firing
Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into Saturday`s firing in Baramulla which killed ten people, including five civilians, and injured 27 others.
Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into Saturday’s firing in Baramulla which killed ten people, including five civilians, and injured 27 others.
The probe follows eyewitness accounts and allegations of the injured that security forces fired indiscriminately at shopkeepers and pedestrians after an attack on them by militants. The government has announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 100,000 each for the bereaved families, officials said on Sunday.
According to eyewitnesses, the security forces began firing in all directions after an army convoy, which was going from Kupwara to Srinagar, was attacked by militants at Azad Gunj. Security forces killed six militants and seized 150 kg of deadly RDX in separate operations in north Kashmir, officials said on Sunday.
The RDX was recovered from an unidentified man who was arrested at Sopore on Friday evening, they said. Four foreign mercenaries were killed in the encounter with troops of 32 Rashtriya Rifles at Sogam village in the frontier district of Kupwara on Saturday night, the officials said.
One house and two shops were destroyed in the exchange of fire that began after security forces, which was on a search operation following a tip-off, came under heavy fire from the militants hiding in a house, they said. Some arms and ammunition also were recovered from the slain militants, they said.
Two more foreign mercenaries were killed in another encounter in the Handwara forest last night. Two AK assault rifles, five magazines and some grenades were recovered near the site of encounter, the officials said.
In Baramulla town, life was normal today after a day of protests and tension. Shops and business establishments were open and vehicles were back on the roads.
On Saturday, a large number of people raised anti-security force slogans outside the hospital where the bodies of the victims of the firing were kept.
Bureau Report
The probe follows eyewitness accounts and allegations of the injured that security forces fired indiscriminately at shopkeepers and pedestrians after an attack on them by militants. The government has announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 100,000 each for the bereaved families, officials said on Sunday.
According to eyewitnesses, the security forces began firing in all directions after an army convoy, which was going from Kupwara to Srinagar, was attacked by militants at Azad Gunj. Security forces killed six militants and seized 150 kg of deadly RDX in separate operations in north Kashmir, officials said on Sunday.
The RDX was recovered from an unidentified man who was arrested at Sopore on Friday evening, they said. Four foreign mercenaries were killed in the encounter with troops of 32 Rashtriya Rifles at Sogam village in the frontier district of Kupwara on Saturday night, the officials said.
One house and two shops were destroyed in the exchange of fire that began after security forces, which was on a search operation following a tip-off, came under heavy fire from the militants hiding in a house, they said. Some arms and ammunition also were recovered from the slain militants, they said.
Two more foreign mercenaries were killed in another encounter in the Handwara forest last night. Two AK assault rifles, five magazines and some grenades were recovered near the site of encounter, the officials said.
In Baramulla town, life was normal today after a day of protests and tension. Shops and business establishments were open and vehicles were back on the roads.
On Saturday, a large number of people raised anti-security force slogans outside the hospital where the bodies of the victims of the firing were kept.
Bureau Report