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New Delhi, Nov 14: The Army has confirmed the cashiering of Captain Bhoopendra Singh for killing three civilians in a staged encounter in Amshipora in July 2020 and dubbing them terrorists, officials said on Tuesday. In the meantime, Singh secured a stay on his sentence of life imprisonment and a bail from the Armed Forces
The case pertains to the deaths of Imtiyaz Hussain, Ibrar Hussain and Mohammad Abrar who belonged to Dharsakri and Tarkasi villages of the border district.
The case pertains to the deaths of Imtiyaz Hussain, Ibrar Hussain and Mohammad Abrar who belonged to Dharsakri and Tarkasi villages of the border district.
According to the confirmation of the sentence, the officer was cashiered, or dismissed from service dishonourably. Singh, who joined the Army in 2015, will now be deprived of pensionary and all other benefits. Three men hailing from Rajouri district of Jammu region -- Imtiyaz Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammed Ibrar -- were killed in a remote hilly village in Shopian district on July 18, 2020 and labelled as "terrorists".
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