Hyderpora encounter: LG orders magisterial probe

photo

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered a magisterial probe into Monday’s controversial encounter in Hyderpora area of Srinagar. Four persons, including a Pakistani militant, were killed in the incident. Lieutenant governor Sinha said in Srinagar on Thursday that an additional district magistrate level officer would head the inquiry and the administration would take suitable … Read more

Kin of civilians killed in encounter removed by police from protest site in Srinagar: Officials

photo

The family members of two civilians killed in an encounter in Srinagar‘s Hyderpora, who were staging a sit-in at the Press Enclave here, were forcibly removed by police around midnight and a few of them were detained, officials said on Thursday. The protesting families were on a sit-in since Wednesday morning and held a candlelight … Read more