Machchil encounter: Cong welcomes court martial
27 Dec 2013 5:34 AM IST
‘I welcome the decision to institute a court martial against the army personnel who had manoeuvred a fake encounter at Machchil (Kashmir), which had resulted in the death of three innocent persons,’ Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president Saifuddin Soz said in statement on Thursday.
Over three years after the Machchil fake encounter that fuelled widespread unrest in the Kashmir Valley, the Army had on Wednesday ordered court martial against six of its men including a Colonel and a Major for allegedly gunning down three youths and labelling them as militants.
Official sources said those who will face proceedings include Col D K Pathania, Commanding Officer of 4 Rajput Regiment Major Upinder, and four of its men.
The incident came to light on April 30, 2010 when the bodies of three youths were shown by Army as militants who were trying to sneak into the Valley from higher reaches of Machchil in North Kashmir with arms and ammunition. It had later claimed that they were Pakistani terrorists.
Over three years after the Machchil fake encounter that fuelled widespread unrest in the Kashmir Valley, the Army had on Wednesday ordered court martial against six of its men including a Colonel and a Major for allegedly gunning down three youths and labelling them as militants.
Official sources said those who will face proceedings include Col D K Pathania, Commanding Officer of 4 Rajput Regiment Major Upinder, and four of its men.
The incident came to light on April 30, 2010 when the bodies of three youths were shown by Army as militants who were trying to sneak into the Valley from higher reaches of Machchil in North Kashmir with arms and ammunition. It had later claimed that they were Pakistani terrorists.
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