The intelligence inputs were shared with the police only after the operation resulted in the trapping of the three militants. The police, however, have not yet investigated who brought the youth from south Kashmir to central Kashmir. “I want to ask them what their children were doing at the encounter site if they had gone to submit a form,” DGP Singh said. However, the police chief said the encounter could not be questioned on the fact that militants were not listed. Meanwhile, Peoples Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti, who visited the families, tweeted: “Forget justice, even their bodies are not being returned to them for the last rites.

Source: The Hindu December 31, 2020 16:30 UTC