SHOPIAN – Indian-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir police have registered an FIR against personnel of Indian Army for the killing of two Kashmiris youths in Shopian district of the valley.
The two civilians identified as Javid Bhat and Suhail Lone were martyred after the army opened fire on protesters on Saturday in Ganaupora village. Another person also sustained bullet injuries and is in a critical state at a hospital.
According to Hindustan Times, a senior police officer confirmed that an FIR 26/2018 was filed at the Shopian police station against the army’s 10th Garhwal unit. “The charges under sections 302, 307 and 336 are pressed,” the officer said.
However, the Indian Army, which has killed thousands of innocent Kashmiris for demanding the right to self-determination, claimed that it opened fire in self-defense after the protesters pelted stones.
Following the killing of youths, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti expressed anger over the incident and directed the deputy commissioner of the district to submit a report within 20 days.
The death of two Kashmiris also sparked protests, while a complete shutdown was observed on Sunday in the district.
Indian troops, in their unabated acts of state terrorism, have martyred 94,877 innocent Kashmiris, including 7,099 in custody since January 1989 till Dec 2017.
A report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service on the occasion of the World Human Rights Day, today, revealed that these killings rendered 22,862 women widowed and 107,674 children orphaned.
