Indian army soldiers walk past a damaged house after a gunbattle between suspected Kashmiri fighters and government security forces at Lawaypora area on the outskirts of Srinagar on December 30, 2020. AFP
In a rare protest, the families of two teenage boys and a young man, killed in Indian-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday by government forces during an alleged firefight, have denied they were fighters.
Police said the trio were killed in a 20-hour gun battle on the outskirts of the region s main city of Srinagar after they were cornered inside a home on Tuesday.
“Repeated announcements were made to the hiding terrorists to lay down their illegal weapons and surrender,” police said in a statement.
Shakir Ashraf
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s charge sheet in the Amshipora, Shopian “fake” encounter has brought to the fore how an army Captain Bhupinder Singh hatched the conspiracy to kill three young men while keeping his senior in the dark.
The chargesheet states that no police report was taken before establishing contact with the alleged militants at the site of the encounter while the accused officer did not inform his seniors “till the last moment of design.”
As per the charge sheet, Captain Singh along with two civilians, Tabish Nazir Malik and Bilal Lone staged the encounter while tampering with evidence.
MHA declares Nagaland as disturbed area for six more months under AFSPA
The MHA said in a notification that the central government is of the opinion that the area comprising the whole of Nagaland is in a disturbed and dangerous condition.
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NEW DELHI: The entire Nagaland was on Wednesday declared a disturbed area for six more months by the central government, enabling the continuation of the controversial AFSPA which empowers security forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without any prior warrant.
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been in force in Nagaland for several decades.
Entire Nagaland Declared Disturbed Area Under AFSPA As Condition Dangerous
The Centre is of the opinion that AFSPA is necessary as the whole of Nagaland is in a ‘disturbed and dangerous condition’
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The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been in force in Nagaland for several decades.
The MHA said in a notification that the central government is of the opinion that the area comprising the whole of Nagaland is in such a “disturbed and dangerous condition” that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is necessary.
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