Army Confirms Life Terms For It's 6 Personnels In Machil Fake Encounter: An Analysis

Army’s Northern Command on Monday confirmed the life sentences of six army personnel, including two army officers in the 2010 Machil fake encounter case. Army’s Northern Command on Monday confirmed the life sentences of six army personnel, including two army officers in the 2010 Machil fake encounter case. “Col Dinesh Pathania, Captain Opendra, Havaldar Devender Kumar, Lance naik, Lakhmi, Lance naik, Arun Kumar and rifleman Abas Hussain have been awarded life imprisonment,’’ said spokesman, Army’s Northern Command, The Army Court had last year awarded life sentences to them for their involvement in the killing of three Kashmiris in a fake encounter in Machil five years ago. This is the first case in the Valley in which Indian Army personnel have been awarded life terms on these charges. On April 29, 2010, Shezad Ahmad, Riyaz Ahmad and Mohammad Shafi from Nadihal village of Baramulla were lured by two local counter-insurgency agents — Bashir Ahmad Lone and Abdul Hamid — and a Territorial Army jawan Abbas Hussain Shah to Kalaroos village in the Machil sector near the LoC. The three, who were promised jobs as porters and “good money”, were then killed by the soldiers near the Sona Pindi post and dubbed as “Pakistani militants”. - See more at: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/machil-fake-encounter-case-life-sentences-of-six-army-personnel-confirmed/#sthash.VvNZqpyJ.dpuf