Police booked Athar Mushtaq Wani's family, claims Mehbooba

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said the police have registered an FIR against the father of an alleged militant killed in an encounter in the Parimpora area of the city last year.

Srinagar:President of People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti has claimed police booked the father of Athar Mushtaq Wani, who killed by the security forces on December 31 last year, for demanding the body of his son.

After losing his son in an alleged fake encounter, Athar Mushtaq's father has been slapped with an FIR for demanding his dead body. His crime was to stage a peaceful protest. The inhabitants of Naya Kashmir can't even question a callous admin & have been reduced to living corpses, she said on Twitter.

The families of the three have been holding protests and demanding the return of their bodies, claiming they were innocents and killed in a staged encounter. Police officials did not respond to repeated queries about Mehbooba's claim.

According to security forces, Ajaz Maqbool Ganai, Zubair Ahmad Lone and Athar Mushtaq Wani were killed in an encounter in Parimpora on the outskirts of Srinagar on December 31. Police said while they were not listed as terrorists in their records, they were radicalised and two of them had links with the Lashkar-e Taiba.

PTI

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