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Kashmir’s Hokersar encounter: Families of slain trio hold protest, claim they were innocentKashmir, Kashmir -IOK 2020-12-31, by Editor Comments Off 5
The families of three ‘militants’ who were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Hokersar area on the outskirts of Srinagar staged a protest on Wednesday, claiming that their kin had no link with the militancy.
The police and the army have claimed that the trio were militants who refused to surrender during a gunfight that raged since last evening in Hokersar area.
SRINAGAR: J&K DGP Dilbagh Singh on Thursday said that he has “no reason to dispute” what a senior army official had stated about Wednesday’s encounter in which three “terrorists” were killed, but added that “still police will investigate the claims of [fake encounter] made by their families”.
The families have claimed that the encounter was “stage managed” and insisted that the youths had gone to a university to submit forms. “I want to ask them what were their children doing at the encounter site if they had gone to submit forms?” Singh said in reply to a query during a press conference at Jammu.
Kin of three militants killed in J&K encounter say they were innocent, cops launch probe
The Army maintained the trio was planning a big attack on the highway. General Officer Commanding (GoC) Kilo Force H S Sahi said they were given ample opportunities to surrender but fired on troops.
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Security personnel at the scene of fight on the outskirts of Srinagar, where three militants were killed in a gunfight | PTI
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SRINAGAR: The family members of three youths killed in the Lawaypora encounter by security forces have claimed that their wards were innocent and not involved in militancy. Police have said the three were not on their list of militants and launched a thorough investigation in the case.
December 30, 2020 | Reported By : RK Online Desk
Srinagar, Dec 30: General officer Commanding (GoC) Kilo Force H S Sahi Wednesday said that three militants killed in an encounter at Lawaypora on Srinagar outskirts were planning a big strike on the highway to gain publicity.
He, however, said that the identity and affiliation of the slain trio is yet to be known as police is trying to find out to which outfit they belonged to. Addressing a joint press conference at 2 RR headquarters at Zainakote, HMT, Srinagar, GoC Kilo Force said that in the past one week, five militants including a Pakistani national were killed in two separate gunfights in north Kashmir.