Killing of 3 militants: Magisterial probe ordered into May 26 Kupwara encounter

On Friday, Additional District Magistrate GN Bhat was nominated as the inquiry officer into the incident under Section 176 of the CrPC.

The police had claimed that all the three terrorists were LeT operatives citing the documents seized from them, however, no further details on their identification was given in the statement.

Security forces had claimed recovery of “incriminating materials,” including arms and ammunition — three AK rifles, 12 AK magazines, a pistol, 2 pistol magazines and three mobile phones.