The Jammu Kashmir Police on Friday refuted the claim of parents of one of the slain that he went to University to fill up form on the day of the Lawaypora encounter which broke out in Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district.
In a statement, the police said that the Lawaypora Srinagar encounter started with army inputs and eventually fructified into a joint operation of Army, CRPF and Police. After the cordon was laid, militants lobbed grenade from inside and fired upon the search party.
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Although as per SOP militants were repeatedly appealed by the troops to surrender in the evening and again in the morning. However, instead of surrendering, they fired upon troops and eventually got neutralized in a fire-fight.
In so far as claims of the parents that Aijaz Maqbool Ganai went to the University to fill up form is concerned. The same was verified and cross-checked through modern techniques including records of the telecom department. Contrary to the claims, the verified digital evidence revealed and corroborated that Aijaz and Ather had gone to Hyderpora and from there to the place of occurrence only.
Similarly, Zubair had gone first to Pulwama, then Anantnag, then Shopian to Pulwama, and finally came to the place of occurrence.
A background check also reveals that Aijaz and Ather Mushtaq, both OGWs variously provided logistic support to militants.
Antecedents and verifications show that both were radically inclined and had aided militants of LeT (now so-called TRF) outfit.
One of OGW presently under police custody has also corroborated Aijaz’s association with LeT militant Faisal Mushtaq Baba who was killed in Meej (Pampore) encounter in June last year. Pertinently, Ather was relative and OGW of HM top commander Rayees Kachroo who got killed in year 2017.
Nevertheless, the police is investigating the case from all possible angles, reads the statement.