Prevented from meeting father of youth killed in Lawaypora encounter, says Mehbooba Mufti
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February 13, 2021 13:48 IST
PDP chief claims she is under house arrest after she sought permission to go to Pulwama
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Mehbooba Mufti. File.
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PDP chief claims she is under house arrest after she sought permission to go to Pulwama Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said she was not allowed to visit south Kashmir’s Pulwama to meet the father of slain youth Athar Wani, who was killed in the controversial Lawaypora encounter in Srinagar in December last year.
A day after Army and J&K Police described the three men killed in a Srinagar encounter as terrorists and hardcore associates respectively, the families of the trio picked holes in the police version and pleaded their innocence.
The families, two of whom have members working with Jammu and Kashmir Police, described the claims of two forces as concocted and full of gaps. They alleged the three had no connection with militancy and were killed in a staged encounter. While two were students, aged 22 and 17, the third, a 24-year-old, was a construction worker.
On Wednesday, the three men from south Kashmir were killed in an encounter with the Army on the outskirts of Srinagar at Lawaypora on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway. The police said one AK rifle, two pistols and other incriminating material were recovered from the slain.