The Jammu and Kashmir Police in its chargesheet in the alleged fake encounter in Shopian have said that Army Captain Bhupinder Singh had t...
The Jammu and Kashmir Police in its chargesheet in the alleged fake encounter in Shopian have said that Army Captain Bhupinder Singh had tried to destroy evidence, PTI reported on Sunday. Three men, suspected to be militants, were killed in the July 18 encounter. The family members of those killed have claimed that they were labourers, not militants, as labelled by the security forces.
Singh also did not give any information about the source of weapons planted on the three deceased youths and provided wrong facts to his superiors and the police about the recovery made during the staged encounter, the chargesheet said. It was filed by the police’s Special Investigation Team before the chief judicial magistrate in Shopian.
“By staging the encounter,” the three accused “have purposefully destroyed evidence or real crime that they have committed and also have [been] purposefully projecting false information as part of a criminal conspiracy hatched between them with the motive to grab a prize money of Rs 20 lakh,” it said.
However, the Indian Army has denied there is a system of a cash reward for its security personnel. “There are media reports quoting that Amshipora encounter actions were driven by a Rs 20-lakh award for killing of terrorists,” Defence Spokesperson Colonel Rajesh...
