The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the firing incidents outside a CRPF camp in Shopian district which left five persons dead over the past five days.
Divisional commissioner, Kashmir, Shailendra Kumar said he has asked district magistrate, Shopian, Bashir Ahmad Bhat to conduct an inquiry into the circumstances leading to the firing incidents at Gagran village on September 7 and 11.
“I have asked the inquiry officer to submit the report within one month,” Mr Kumar said here.
Four persons were killed by CRPF personnel outside their camp on Saturday allegedly in retaliation to a militant attack, while another person died on Wednesday when the paramilitary force resorted to firing to disperse protesters outside their camp. The people had gathered outside the camp to press for their demand for its removal and arrest of the personnel involved in the “cold-blooded murders” on Saturday.
The police said three of the four persons killed in CRPF firing had no militant links.
However, the police also said that the fourth person killed in the firing was believed to be Lashker-e-Tayyaba militant Abdullah Haroon.
In another development, a meeting of the state Cabinet chaired by chief minister Omar Abdullah directed director-general of police Ashok Prasad to replace the CRPF personnel at the Gagran camp with a contingent of the J&K Armed Police.
The Cabinet expressed grave concern over the incidents of violence in Shopian.