Kashmir: Govt announces compensation to Burhan family
This surprise announcement was contained in a list of 106 victims of death, injury and damage to property released by the Government on Monday.
Khalid was killed when he had gone to meet his younger brother in Tral forests with home cooked delicacies along with friends.
One militant and Khalid were killed .
This version was contradicted by KhalId’s father Muzaffar Wani who maintained that his son was innocent and had nothing to do with militancy.
He claimed that his eldest son was tortured to death.
Former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had admonished the army for the operation and told them to halt such anti-militancy operations.
His daughter Mehbooba Mufti, who succeeded her in his chair in April this year, has gone one step ahead and announced ex-gratia relief for Khalid.
25-year-old Khalid was pursuing a Masters degree in Political Science from the Indira Gandhi National Open University.
On Apr 13, 2015, he told his mother he was going for a picnic.
Hours later, his body was found in the nearby jungles.
The army claimed Khalid had been “operating as an overground worker” for the Hizbul and was killed in an encounter.
But his family refused to accept the army’s claims.
Locals alleged Khalid Wani had been killed by the army because he was Burhan’s brother.
The vital condition for granting compensation is that the dead person should not be a militant.
( Picture: Muzafar Wani and Khalid Muzafar)
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