The Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has said that the “police is open to correction if anything has gone wrong”
Families of slain Altaf Ahmad Bhat and Dr Mudasir Gul protest, in Srinagar, on Wednesday. Pic/PTI
The Jammu & Kashmir administration on Thursday ordered a magisterial probe into the Hyderpora encounter in a house here, in which police claimed to have killed two militants and two associates.
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“A magisterial inquiry by officer of ADM rank has been ordered in Hyderpora encounter. The government will take suitable action as soon as report is submitted in a time-bound manner. J&K admin reiterates commitment of protecting lives of innocent civilians & it will ensure there is no injustice,” Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said in a tweet. Later, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said the “police is open to correction if anything has gone wrong”.
This comes amid protests by the family members of three of the four people killed in the encounter on Monday. The family members of Mohammad Altaf Bhat (the building owner), Mudasir Gul (a tenant) and Amir Magray (Gul’s office boy) have been protesting against the killings, which they have described as cold-blooded murder. Authorities on Thursday exhumed bodies of Bhat and Gul, the two civilians, and will likely hand them over to their families later in the night, police said.
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