After giving them ten days to respond, the High Court of Jammu Kashmir has granted two more weeks to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Government of India (GoI) to respond to a plea by Mohammed Lateef Magray seeking the dead body of his son Amir- one of the four persons killed on November 15 last year in Hyderpora.
Earlier on January 12, the court had issued notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI, and J&K administration, Director General of Police (DGP), and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir seeking their response within 10 days to the plea.
The 18-page petition was filed by Amir’s father Mohd Lateef through his lawyers Deepika Singh Rajawat and Mohammed Arshad Chowdhary.
The move came two days after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police probing the Hyderpora encounter claimed that while one civilian was killed by a foreign Militant, two others, including a local “militant” (Magray), died in the crossfire after being used as human shield by the hiding militant.
However, Lateef Magrey, the father of Amir Magray told The Kashmiriyat that the police has made false accusations about Amir. “He is innocent,” Lateef said while demanding judicial probe into the encounter