The deputy commissioner and the senior superintendent of police Kulgam in their reports to the SHRC in a case involving killing of a youth have said that Yawar Ahmed Dar of Gasipora was “part of the mob at the encounter site who sustained a stray bullet injury after which he succumbed at the hospital on June 26, 2018.”
The petition has been filed by chairman International Forum for Justice and Human Rights Muhammad Ahsan Untoo.
The report submitted by the deputy commissioner Kulgam before the SHRC reads: “On June 26, 2018, an encounter between militants and government forces broke at village Khrewan, Tehsil Qaimoh in which two militants were killed and one was captured alive.
“On the same day, in the aftermath of encounter clashes broke out between civilians and government forces at various places. During clashes at Qaimoh, forces fired bullets to disperse the stone pelters in which a civilian Yawar Ahmed of Gasipora sustained bullet injuries in his chest and later succumbed.”
The police report submitted by the SSP Kulgam reads: “The army party which was on way towards the encounter site at Chaddar, Mutahama was heavily pelted with stones by unruly mob.
“The army party in defence opened fire in air, due to which one person namely Yaawar of Gasipora sustained injuries and the said mob took him to hospital for treatment at the district hospital Anantnag where he succumbed.
“FIR was filed in the case and many accused involved were identified including Yawar.”
The petitioner questioned the police report stating that “if the army fired in air, how the youth sustained bullet in chest.”
The case was heard by SHRC member Dilshad Shaheen. The next date of hearing was fixed on 7 March 2019.