A day after dying of a 25-year-old Gujjar youth beneath mysterious circumstances in his home, the Kathua district administration and Jammu and Kashmir Police, on Thursday, have ordered magisterial and fact-finding probes respectively.
Kathua DC Rakesh Minhas ordered a magisterial inquiry to find out the precise reason for dying. (iStock)
In accordance with police, 25-year-old allegedly killed self on Thursday at his dwelling in Kathua tehsil after he was referred to as for routine questioning to extract details about terrorists.
Kathua DC Rakesh Minhas ordered a magisterial inquiry to find out the precise reason for dying. Minhas appointed tehsildar of Lohai Malhar because the inquiry Justice of the Peace. He has been requested to submit a complete report inside 5 days.
Nonetheless, Billawar station home officer, inspector Jatinder Singh, said that the deceased died by suicide at his dwelling. “He killed self at his home. His uncle is a terrorist and is hiding in Pakistan. We used to call the deceased for routine questioning,” mentioned the SHO.
He knowledgeable that put up mortem was achieved however the report was awaited. We’ve got initiated inquest proceedings beneath Part 194 of the BNSS, he added.
The workplace of the inspector basic of police Jammu zone Bhim Sen Tuti has additionally ordered a truth discovering probe.
“With regard to the death (by suicide) of a person of district Billawar, a fact-finding enquiry is hereby ordered which shall be conducted by Shiv Kumar, IPS DIG JSK Range. The enquiry officer shall submit his findings in 10 days. This has the approval of IGP Jammu Zone,” learn the order accessed by HT.
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Authorities react to Mehbooba’s put up
The police authorities have additionally outrightly rejected PDP chief’s claims. “Rebuttal regarding tweet of Mehbooba Mufti, which is baseless and misleading. There is no crackdown in Billawar town, traffic is plying smoothly, normal life is functioning in Billawar. Further, internet facility in district Kathua has not been hampered,” learn a clarification issued right here.
“Whatever is stated in the tweet of Mehbooba Mufti is not true, the deceased was the nephew of Pak exfiltrated terrorist Swar Din, alias Swaru Gujjar, who helped the same group (of terrorists) that conducted the Badnota Army Convoy attack in July 2024 in which four jawans were killed. It was the same group which led to the killing of head constable Bashir in Kohag Operation. The 25-year-old had number of suspicious contacts in Pakistan and other foreign countries. There was no custodial torture or injury. He was questioned and then got exposed, went home and committed suicide,” said police in its clarification.
“Additional SP Operation, Billawar Amir Iqbal, Dy SP Javaid Tabassum, SDPO Billawar Neeraj Padyar and SHO Billawar Jatinder Singh have reached the spot and met with his family members and assured fair and transparent investigation,” it said additional.
Video of deceased surfaces
In the meantime, a purported video has gone viral through which the deceased is claiming to be harmless and says that he has by no means had any reference to terrorists. The deceased within the clip, which was shared on a social networking web site, is seen swearing within the identify of Allah and claiming to have lied about being in contact along with his uncle to flee the brutalities by police.
“However, to escape physical assault and brutalities under police custody, I lied to them that I am in touch with Swaru and I have many of his contact numbers in my mobile phone. I also gave them imaginary cell numbers of Swaru. When I lied to them about being in touch with Swaru and gave them imagine numbers, they (cops) stopped beating me. They sent me home telling me to bring my mobile phone. Since, I don’t have any of Swaru’s numbers, they will beat me again,” mentioned the 25-year-old deceased within the video clip recorded by him earlier than he killed self.
The video has now gone viral on Fb. Nonetheless, HT can’t independently confirm the veracity of the clip.