Kashmiri Pandit body terms Hyderpora Gunfight a ‘Clear cut case of Homicide’

Kashmiri Pandit body terms Hyderpora Gunfight a ‘Clear cut case of Homicide’

An organisation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits on Wednesday termed the Hyderpora gunfight in Srinagar district “homicide” and demanded a probe into the incident, reported the IANS. According to Satish Mahaldar, chairman of Reconciliation, Return and Rehabilitation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits: “The Hyderpora incident seems to be a clear cut case of homicide.” “Murder is the unjustified killing of one human by another with malice aforethought. The families of two of the four killed in the Monday gunfight have categorically disputed the police version,” he claimed. “Terrorism”, he stated, “clearly has…

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Police detain kin seeking bodies of slain civilians killed during staged shootout in Hyderpora

Police detain kin seeking bodies of slain civilians killed during staged shootout in Hyderpora

Aijaz Hussain Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir late Wednesday detained over a dozen relatives of two civilians killed in a controversial gunfight, eyewitnesses said, hours after they staged a protest in the disputed region’s main city while pleading with authorities to return the bodies so they could bury them. Police officials wearing flak jackets and carrying assault rifles swooped on a protest site in Srinagar minutes after lights were turned off in the locality. They dragged the relatives into a police van amid slogans by the family members in the freezing…

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