Handwara (Kupwara), Apr 16: Two days after the Army claimed to have killed a 70-year-old unidentified militant in an encounter in Handwara forest, the unknown militant Friday turned out to be a civilian resident of Lolab.
On Wednesday, Army had claimed to have killed an unidentified militant in Rainawari forest area near Pahaldaji Village of Handwara in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district in a gun-battle. Army had also claimed to have recovered arms and ammunitions’ from the slain militant.
“Today morning at around 4 AM, our patrol parties along with police had an exchange of fire with a militant in Rainawari forest. In the ensuing encounter, the lone militant was killed’. Srinagar based Army spokesman Lt Col JS Brar had said, adding “An AK Rifle along with four magazines and 67 rounds were recovered from the slain militant. His identity is yet to be ascertained,”
Army, sources said, had filed a case 54/2010 under section 307 RPC, 7/27 IPC against the slain militant, charging him of carrying weapons and attacking the Army men.
Reliable sources revealed that Raj Mohammad, a resident of Lolab valley of Kupwara district today morning approached police post Magam after hearing the news from local residents that his father Habib-Ullah Khan’s photographs had appeared in news papers. During the verification process at the police post, sources said, Raj Mohammad identified the slain militant as his father.
“My father was not mentally stable. He was a spiritual man and would roam around forests and villages. Last week, he left from home, but he didn’t return,” sources quoted Raj Mohammad saying to police.
“The locals had spotted the photographs of my father in newspapers. I rushed here, once I heard about it,” he had added.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Handwara, Rafiq Vakil told that a youth from Lolab valley approached police claiming that the slain man was his father.
“We have decided to send a team to Lolab to carry out the investigations. Let the things be clear,” he added.
Despite repeated attempts, Srinagar based Army spokesman Lt Col JS Brar did not attend the phone calls. (PBI)
On Wednesday, Army had claimed to have killed an unidentified militant in Rainawari forest area near Pahaldaji Village of Handwara in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district in a gun-battle. Army had also claimed to have recovered arms and ammunitions’ from the slain militant.
“Today morning at around 4 AM, our patrol parties along with police had an exchange of fire with a militant in Rainawari forest. In the ensuing encounter, the lone militant was killed’. Srinagar based Army spokesman Lt Col JS Brar had said, adding “An AK Rifle along with four magazines and 67 rounds were recovered from the slain militant. His identity is yet to be ascertained,”
Army, sources said, had filed a case 54/2010 under section 307 RPC, 7/27 IPC against the slain militant, charging him of carrying weapons and attacking the Army men.
Reliable sources revealed that Raj Mohammad, a resident of Lolab valley of Kupwara district today morning approached police post Magam after hearing the news from local residents that his father Habib-Ullah Khan’s photographs had appeared in news papers. During the verification process at the police post, sources said, Raj Mohammad identified the slain militant as his father.
“My father was not mentally stable. He was a spiritual man and would roam around forests and villages. Last week, he left from home, but he didn’t return,” sources quoted Raj Mohammad saying to police.
“The locals had spotted the photographs of my father in newspapers. I rushed here, once I heard about it,” he had added.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Handwara, Rafiq Vakil told that a youth from Lolab valley approached police claiming that the slain man was his father.
“We have decided to send a team to Lolab to carry out the investigations. Let the things be clear,” he added.
Despite repeated attempts, Srinagar based Army spokesman Lt Col JS Brar did not attend the phone calls. (PBI)
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