Narbal killing: Police register murder case
“Preliminary enquiry conducted in the matter indicates that the forces deployed have acted in violation of the laid down SOP. Case FIR No 34/2015 under section 302,147,149,341,427 RPC has been registered in police station Magam and further action would follow,” the police said in a statement.
Regretting the death and terming it unfortunate, the statement said, “We regret the unfortunate incident and extend our sympathies to the bereaved family.”
The police said that in Magam area there were reports of stone pelting on vehicles plying on Narbal-Gulmarg road.
The police, along with paramilitary police, were deployed to contain the situation. The deployed forces came under heavy pelting.
To control the situation they fired few rounds resulting in injuries to a local youth namely Suhail Ahmad Sofi S/O Abdul Ahad Sofi R/O Narbal,Magam.
“Unfortunately the injured later succumbed to his injuries in the hospital,” the statement said.
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