CFD Press Release Demanding Judicial Inquiry in Pathribal Encounter
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Judicial Inquiry Demanded In Pathribal Encounter
We are very much shocked and disappointed with the result of the Court Martial Inquiry relating to Pathribal encounter in which army claimed to have killed five terrorists in while the local villagers have claimed that the deceased were innocent. CBI inquired into the matter and had submitted before the Supreme Court that it was a cold-blooded fake encounter. It is strange that the army has claimed that there is no evidence. This self-acquittal by the army will only aggravate the sense of alienation and resentment among the Kashmiri people.
We therefore urge upon the Government of India to set up a judicial inquiry headed by a Supreme Court judge to investigate into allegations of fake encounter relating to killings of five persons by the army on 25th March 2000 at Pathribal in Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir.
Kuldip Nayar, President, Citizens For Democracy (CFD); Justice Rajindar Sachar (Retd), Former President, PUCL; N.D. Pancholi, General Secretary, Citizens For Democracy (CFD)