Babu Khan
Srinagar, May 13 (KINS): The District Development Commissioner Budgam Wednesday said that FIR has been registered into the civilian killing that took place in Narbal area of Central Kashmir Budgam.
Tariq Ganai, DC Budgam told news agency KINS that police has registered an FIR into the killing and the investigation into the matter has been started.
It is to mention here that one civilian was killed after paramilitary CRPF forces fired at him near Kawoosa Khalisa village in Narbal area of central Kashmir Budgam on Wednesday.
Reports have said that the man was going in his vehicle and was fired upon by the CRPF which hit him around right shoulder and chest.
“A civil vehicle fled from 2 nakas in Narbal kawoosa. Upon which CRPF party fired in which one person got injured. (He has been) shifted to hospital,” SSP Budgam Nagpure Amod has said.
The man identified as Peer Mehrajudin of Makhama Beerwah Budgam was shifted to SHMS hospital Srinagar in critical condition. However, he was declared as brought dead by the doctors who attended upon him at the hospital.
Meanwhile Police in a statement issued to news agency KINS said that “today at about 1020hrs, during joint Naka at Khalisa Kawoosa in the jurisdiction of PS Magam a Wagon-R vehicle bearing registration No. JK02AK-6702 was signalled to stop. However, the said vehicle ignored to stop and fled away from two Naka points in suspicious condition”.
“The Naka party opened fire at the vehicle to thwart the attempt. The driver of the vehicle got injured in the incident and has been identified as Mehraj ud din Peer son of Ghulam Nabi Peer resident of Makhama Beerwah Budgam. The injured was shifted to hospital for medical treatment; however he succumbed to his injuries. Police has registered a case and started investigation in to the matter,” the statement reads.
The CRPF in a statement issued to KINS said, “Today, at about 1020hours a civil vehicle, Wagon R, registration no JK02AK 6702 broke a Check point of J&K police and sped and came across another Check point of CRPF, manned by troops of C/141 Bn CRPF and jumped this Check point as well”.
“A convoy of Army, at that point in time, was passing through the adjacent road and fearing a sabotage, the CRPF jawan of C/141, manning this Naka, fired warning shots. This civil car was driving in the wrong direction of the road and that was even more alarming. When the car didn’t stop, despite warning shots, the jawan fired at the car and in turn, the driver was hit on his left shoulder. Subsequently, he was shifted to SHMS hospital, Srinagar, where, he was declared as brought dead by the doctors”. It reads.(KINS)
