Explained: Story of the 2020 Amshipora fake encounter, in which Army has started court martial proceedings against Captain
Amshipora encounter: On the morning of July 18 in 2020, the Army said that soldiers of 62 RR had killed three unidentified militants in a pre-dawn gunbattle at Amshipora village in Shopian.
On September 18, the Army said that its preliminary inquiry had prima facie concluded that the three killed men were the three labourers from Rajouri. (Representational image) The Army has initiated a general court martial against Capt Bhoopendra Singh of 62 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) that conducted a staged gunfight in Amshipora village in South Kashmir’s Shopian, and claimed three militants were killed in the exchange of fire. In fact, three labourers from Rajouri in Jammu were gunned down by the soldiers.
What happened
On the morning of July 18 in 2020, the Army said that soldiers of 62 RR had killed three unidentified militants in a pre-dawn gunbattle at Amshipora village in Shopian. It was claimed that two pistols were recovered from the “possession” of the slain men.
However, suspicions arose quickly, especially as the Jammu and Kashmir Police dissociated themselves from the operation, saying it was based on an Army input, and that they had joined it “only later”.
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