Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police has arrested three persons including a territorial army jawan for allegedly luring three youths to the border and staging a fake encounter in Machil sector of north Kashmir.
Police arrested Abbas Shah-- the territorial army jawan, Basharat Lone and Abdul Hamid Bhat after registering case of murder against them.
Police will also register a murder case against an Army major and some civilians in connection with the case, officials said.
The state government has ordered a magisterial enquiry into the case and also taken up the matter with the Defence Ministry.
The exhumation of bodies and post mortem has been done by the state government. Local population was happy with the speedy probe carried out by the state government and police.
The incident took place on April 30 when 4 Rajputana Rifles of Army claimed to have shot dead three militants who were attempting to enter into the Valley from across the border.
However, the claim of the Army was contested by the family members of Muhammad Shafi, Shehzad Ahmed and Riyaz Ahmed who said they were not militants.
The police had registered a missing report on April 27 in this regard which was later converted into a kidnapping case.
Police has also asked the Army authorities to cooperate and handover its officers for interrogation, they said.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked Commander of 15 Corps Lt Gen N C Marwah to cooperate in the probe being carried out by the police.
General Marwah met the Chief Minister earlier in the day who reiterated his government's commitment to zero tolerance to human right violations.
Gen Marwah is understood to have assured the Chief Minister of complete cooperation and also informed him that a high-level internal enquiry has been initiated by the army to ascertain the facts.
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