Staged Encounter: Army Court gives life imprisonment for army captain involved in Amshipura ‘Fake Encounter Case’

Staged Encounter: Army Court gives life imprisonment for army captain involved in Amshipura ‘Fake Encounter Case’

An army court has awarded life imprisonment to an officer involved in a staged encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district. Captain Bhupinder Singh, accused in the fake encounter, was sentenced to life imprisonment after court martial proceedings were completed a few days ago, official sources said. In July 2020, three labourers were killed at Amshipora in Shopian district. Army officers had claimed they were Pakistani terrorists and with their killing, terror threat was eliminated in the district. But days later, locals alleged that the three young men killed were…

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