A Test Identification Parade (TIP) of arrested JeM militant HilalNaikoo will be conducted in connection with BJP leader GulMuhammed Mir’s killing in Anantnag as an internal probe indicated lapses at bureaucratic level despite a clear threat to him, officials said.
The family of 57-year-old Mir, who unsuccessfully contestedon BJP ticket in 2008 and 2014 assembly elections from Dooru in South Kashmir,has claimed that Naikoo was present in the squad that killed the politicianoutside his home on May 4.
Mir, whose affidavit shows his age as 52 in the 2014assembly polls, was shot dead outside his residence at Nowgam in Verinag areaof South Kashmir. He was shifted to hospital in a critical condition, but wasdeclared brought dead by the doctors there.
Recently, the Jammu and Kashmir police arrested HilalNaikoofrom Dooru. Police officials said that they would be carrying out his TIP soon.
The killing had rattled Governor Satya Pal Malik’sadministration in Jammu and Kashmir and Additional Director General of PoliceMunir Khan was appointed to inquire into the lapses.
Earlier, Malik had ordered an inquiry headed by state ChiefSecretary B V R Subrahmanyam to “identify lapses” but withdrew later afterpolitical parties accused the top bureaucrat of creating a chaotic situation bywithdrawing security of some people in Kashmir Valley.
The internal probe shows that the Home Ministry had writtenin February this year to the chief secretary for providing security to Mir butit was not adhered to, officials said.In its communication, the Home Ministry had senta representation from Mir along with intelligence inputs about increasing his security,instead the security was withdrawn completely, they said.