In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, two months after the Hyderpora fake encounter killings, a family of one of the three martyred civil-ians Muhammad Altaf But is still waiting for the magisterial probe into the incident.
On 15 November, last year, three civilians Mu-hammad Altaf Butt, a resident of Barzulla; Dr. Mu-dasir Gul, a resident of Budgam and Amir Ahmad Magray, a resident of Ramban, were killed in the fake encounter in Hyderpora area of Srinagar. Po-lice alleged that the youth were martyred in a gun-fight.
However, the families of Butt and Gul raised questions about the police claim and demanded an independent probe into the incident.
On 19 November, a magisterial probe was initi-ated into the incident and the report was supposed to be submitted within 15 days. However, the outcome of the investigation is yet to be made public.
Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Saima Butt, niece of Muhammad Altaf, said that two months have passed neither the magisterial report has been made public nor has the family been pro-vided the FIR, autopsy or ballistic report.
Butt said that the family had also requested for a fresh FIR into the “murder” of their kin. Sharing Butt’s tweet, senior National Conference (NC) leader Ruhullah Mehdi deplored that the family is alone in the quest for justice.—KMS
