Handwara: CID report to CM says Army at fault

The J-K Police CID has rejected the Army version of the February 22 incident at Dudipora in Handwara where four youths died, supposedly in ...

The J-K Police CID has rejected the Army version of the February 22 incident at Dudipora in Handwara where four youths died, supposedly in a “crossfire”.

In its report to Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on February 24, the CID said “there was no crossfire in the village” and the Army “deliberately” shot a man who had refused to be its informer. The Army spokesman denied any knowledge of the CID report.

The Army had attributed the deaths to “crossfire” during a Lashkar attack. But the CID says an Army Captain wanted one of the victims, Abdul Samad, to become an “informer”. The man declined and disappeared.

On being told Samad was back in the village, the Captain rushed there. On spotting the Army, Samad fled to a local ground where children were watching cricket. “The Army patrol followed him and shot him. As the children ran, three of them got shot,” official sources said.

Bashaarat Masood

Bashaarat Masood is a Special Correspondent with The Indian Express. He has been covering Jammu and Kashmir, especially the conflict-ridden Kashmir valley, for two decades. Bashaarat joined The Indian Express after completing his Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism from the University in Kashmir. He has been writing on politics, conflict and development. Bashaarat was awarded with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2012 for his stories on the Pathribal fake encounter. ... Read More

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