FIR against Army in teacher's killing, J&K Govt orders probe
Baramulla,
Oct
20:
The
Jammu
and
Kashmir
government
today
ordered
a
probe
into
the
killing
of
a
teacher
by
the
Army
in
border
district
of
Kupwara
yesterday,
even
as
the
state
police
also
registered
a
case
against
the
accused
soldiers.
Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, Afsandyar Khan told to the sources here that special team, headed by the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, comprising senior police officials would probe the matter.
He said a First Information Report (FIR) number 103/07 under section 302 CrPC has been lodged against the Army at the Trehgam police station in Kupwara district.
Mr Khan said the team has been instructed to start the investigations into the incident immediately.
The Deputy Commissioner further said the authorities have also considered a long-pending demand of the locals for establishing a police post in the Marsari forest area.
UNI