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Hyderpora encounter: Court directs Govt to exhume body of slain Ramban youth
Amir’s counsel terms judgement as historical
Srinagar, May 27 (ANH): The High Court on Friday directed the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government to exhume the body of Ramban youth, Mohammad Amir Magray, who was killed in Hyderpora encounter on November 15, 2021.
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In the encounter, three more persons including the building owner Altaf Ahmad Bhat and Dr Mudasir Gul of whom Magray was an employee were killed.
Allowing the petition filed by Amir’s father, Mohammad Latief Magray, a bench of Sanjeev Kumar while pronouncing the verdict asked the government to make proper arrangement for the transportion of Amir’s body to his native village in Jammu’s Ramban district.
However, the court gave free hand to government to impose reasonable terms and conditions in respect of transportation, burial and exhumation.
“Incase the body is highly putrefied and is not in a deliverable state or is likely to pose risk to public health and hygiene, the state shall pay to the petitioner a compensation of Rs.5 lakhs for deprivation of his right to have the dead body of his son and give him decent burial as per family traditions, religious obligations and faith which the deceased professed when he was alive,” reads the judgement.
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Mohammad Latief Magray had filed the petition through his counsel Deepika Singh Rajawat in December last year.
The court had reserved the verdict on May 19 after hearing the parties.
Terming the verdict as historic, Deepika Singh Rajawat while talking to The Asian News Hub (ANH) said that parents of Amir have at last got justice.
“This verdict proves that judiciary is not under any compulsion. Such type of judgements boost the morale of people,” she added.
An unidentified girl allegedly jumps into river Jhelum in Sopore area of district Baramulla on Wednesday afternoon.
Reports said that an unidentified girl jumped into river Jhelum from a bridge near Jamia Masjid Sopore this afternoon.
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They said that the rescue operation has been launched to retrieve the body of the girl.
Further details awaited…
The minimum temperature has plummeted further in Kashmir while Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded the coldest night of the season at minus 2.0 degree Celsius.
Several places across Kashmir including Srinagar, Qazigund, Ganderbal, Pahalgam, Kupwara, Shopian, Bandipora and Baramulla recorded coldest night of season.
In Qazigund, the mercury settled at minus 2.0 degree Celsius while in Gulmarg, a minimum temperature of minus 2.2 degree Celsius was recorded.
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Pahalgam, a famous tourist place, recorded a low of minus 5.1 degree Celsius while Kupwara in north Kashmir recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.7 degree Celsius.
In order to strengthen and synergise the security grid of District Srinagar, ADGP Law and order Vijay Kumar chaired a joint meeting of Police and CRPF in Police Control Room Srinagar.
A police spokesman in a statement issued to Asian News Hub said, IG CRPF Ajay Kumar Yadav, IGP Kashmir V.K Birdi, DDIB, DIG CKR, DIG CRPF North & DIG CRPF South, SSP Srinagar, SSP PCR Kashmir, all the Nodal COs of CRPF, SP Cargo Srinagar, all Zonal SPs and SDPOs of Srinagar participated in the meeting.
During the meeting, a detailed security plan of Srinagar district was discussed in threadbare where in CRPF and Police were acquainted with their new roles besides suggestions were also taken from the field officers to have a fair idea of the shortcomings, avoid confusion at the cutting edge in order to make it a perfect and comprehensive CT grid.
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Besides, ADGP L&O, IG CRPF and IGP Kashmir also contributed their valid suggestions. ADGP stressed upon all the officers that idea of a perfect security grid is only possible if the things discussed are implemented on ground in letter and spirit.
ADGP has focused upon strengthening function of joint police control room and better communication mechanism between field officers of CRPF and JKP in city. Area domination of water bodies was discussed and included in area domination plan in today’s meeting.
He has also instructed SSP Srinagar to conduct joint mock drill to handle post terror incident situations in city. ADGP Kashmir reinforced the commitment to dealing strictly with individuals disrupting the peace and emphasized the need for stringent actions under the law.
ADGP Kumar emphasized the necessity to strengthen the CI grid and enhance the basic functioning of police stations through effective supervision. The ADGP’s guidance and directives aim to fortify security measures and maintain a secure and peaceful environment in the district.
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