New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Centre and the Jammu & Kashmir Government over the allegations of a fake encounter in Poonch.
One of the so-called 'Lashkar militants' killed in an encounter on Monday, turned out to be Ashok Kumar, a civilian resident of Poonch and not a militant.
Army sources said their whole operation was based on an input from two men - one from the Special Operation Group of the police and the other from the Army. Based on their information, the Army launched the operation and killed him.
Both informers were arrested. During their interrogation, the two men said they found the mentally disturbed man roaming in a market in Rajouri; they took him along and conducted the fake encounter to earn favours from seniors.
Independent inquires have been already been ordered by the police and the Army into the incident.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Tuesday, strongly condemned the killing of the civilian saying the guilty should be arrested. He also said that the Army and the police were misled.
The NHRC is also looking into a complaint about the death of a 28-year-old man in police custody last week in the town of Sopore.
One of the so-called 'Lashkar militants' killed in an encounter on Monday, turned out to be Ashok Kumar, a civilian resident of Poonch and not a militant.
Army sources said their whole operation was based on an input from two men - one from the Special Operation Group of the police and the other from the Army. Based on their information, the Army launched the operation and killed him.
Both informers were arrested. During their interrogation, the two men said they found the mentally disturbed man roaming in a market in Rajouri; they took him along and conducted the fake encounter to earn favours from seniors.
Independent inquires have been already been ordered by the police and the Army into the incident.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Tuesday, strongly condemned the killing of the civilian saying the guilty should be arrested. He also said that the Army and the police were misled.
The NHRC is also looking into a complaint about the death of a 28-year-old man in police custody last week in the town of Sopore.
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