Dilbag Singh, Superintendent of Police, says the investigation into the Hyderpora encounter is transparent
Srinagar:
Politicians and the media have no right to criticize a police investigative report that vindicated officers involved in last month’s controversial encounter in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Police said. on Friday, reiterating their warning to leaders who have branded the investigation as a cover-up and fabrication. .
Superintendent of Police Dilbag Singh said that the investigation into the Hyderpora encounter was transparent and that he “felt hurt” by criticism of political leaders.
Police Superintendent Dilbag Singh said: “We feel hurt by the words that came out.
Police have warned political leaders with punitive action for their statements against the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) investigative report into the controversial November 15 encounter.
The police justified their warning and said only the courts can decide if the SIT investigation is right or wrong, not politicians or the media or the families of the victims. who were killed in the controversial encounter.
“The court and the judge will decide if the investigation is wrong. Not politicians, family members or media people – they have no such right. If they do, they do not know their profession. themselves – including those who have held high positions like Chief. Ministers and the Ministry of Home Affairs are controlled – they know about policing. I ask these leaders not to instigate people. Let the court decision,” said Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police.
The police investigation in question was dismissed by all political parties in Kashmir, who requested a judicial investigation.
Former Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Farooq Abdullah hit back at police, saying that bullying them in silence would not work and that the investigation was fabricated and a judicial investigation was needed.
Comments on the SIT poll by various political parties are not just speculation. They are based on facts. The government’s aversion and displeasure towards the obvious truth is well known. Silence us with ‘penalty action’ warnings won’t work. https://t.co/4i3kCA9U7h
– Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) December 30, 2021
“The police report is false. They did it today to save themselves… the police killed them – no doubt. I want a judicial investigation,” said Farooq Abdullah speak.
On Tuesday, a special police investigation team concluded that two civilians – a doctor and a businessman – were either used by terrorists as human shields or killed by them in the encounter. . At the same time, SIT accused Dr. Mudasir of harboring terrorists and businessman Altaf Bhat withholding information about terrorists’ presence in a building he owned.
Sujit Kumar, head of SIT, said that a third civilian Amir Magray working in Dr Mudasir’s office is a close associate of a Pakistani terrorist and his activities show that he is also a terrorist. terrorism.
However, the families of the three men allege that they were killed in an encounter orchestrated by security forces.
Other charges against Amir and his activities that Mr. Kumar believe are relevant are: “Amir regularly visits the Banipora district and has also started smoking.”
Quoting teachers of a religious school in Bandipora, the head of SIT said Amir’s behavior had also changed and he was not punctual in Namaz (Muslims say prayers five times a day).
Amir is the son of a famous anti-terrorist fighter in Ramban district. Mohammad Latief Magray, the guarantor of his son’s innocence, has now applied to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking the return of his son’s body.
The head of SIT admitted that Amir was initially released following searches during surgery – and did not escape even after he left the building and waited at a nearby hospital before he called back to the active site.
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