Srinagar, Nov 18 : Amid outcry, authorities on Thursday exhumed bodies of two residents\u2014Mohammad Altaf Bhat and Dr Mudassir Gul\u2014from a graveyard at Wadder Zachaldara Handwara where they were buried along with two other persons who were killed in the \u2018encounter\u2019 at Hyderpora here on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Official sources told GNS bodies were exhumed under the supervision of Tehsildar Handwara in presence a team of doctors. They said the bodies are being sent to Srinagar for handing over same to the families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources said that families have been asked to limit the funeral to few people only. Also restrictions have been imposed in the area to prevent \u201claw and order\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The families of the duo contested police claims and had been demanding their bodies for \u201cproper\u201d burial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This morning Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced magisterial inquiry into the incident and soon Altaf Bhat’s brother Abdul Majeed welcomed it and said the family also demands that the killers of his sibling be brought to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A controversy has erupted over Monday’s encounter in Hyderpora following conflicting claims about the two deceased as their family members contested the police’s charge that they were “terror associates”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am thankful to LG for ordering an inquiry. I am thankful that my oppressed voice was heard by someone. I only have one request to the LG, I want the body of my brother returned to us and the killers of my innocent brother brought to justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that after the announcement of the inquiry, he was hopeful that the family will get justice. \u201cI request the LG to please return the body quickly because his (Bhat’s) children want to see the face of their father one last time,\u201d he said. (GNS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar, Nov 18 : Amid outcry, authorities on Thursday exhumed bodies of two residents\u2014Mohammad Altaf Bhat and Dr Mudassir Gul\u2014from a graveyard at Wadder Zachaldara Handwara where they were buried along with two other persons who were killed in the \u2018encounter\u2019 at Hyderpora here on Monday. Official sources told GNS bodies were exhumed under the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}