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Army Captain among 3 named in Shopian fake encounter case charge sheet

Shopian
December 28, 2020

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday produced a charge sheet in a court against three people, including an Army Captain, for their involvement in an alleged fake encounter in Shopian district in which three civilians were killed. Police said the charge sheet was produced in the court of the Principal District and sessions Judge of Shopian.

"We have produced challan before court and now further legal action will be taken as per law," a Police official said. The challan was produced as per the details collected by special investigating team which was constituted by Police to investigate the case.

"The three accused in this case are Captain Bhupinder of 62 Rashtriya Rifles, Bilal Ahmad, resident of Pulwama and Tabish Ahmad, resident of Shopian," said Wajahat Hussain, Deputy Superintendent of Police. Hussain has been heading the Special Investigation Team, constituted to probe the case.

The Army on December 24 issued a statement saying that the process of summary evidence had been completed in the Amshipora (Shopian) encounter of July 18, 2020 in which three labourers were killed although they had no connection with any militant activity. The Army said the summary of evidence was being examined by legal experts to ascertain if further action was needed in this case.