Shopian ‘fake’ encounter: Captain among 3 named in chargesheet

Srinagar, Dec 26 : The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) police on Saturday produced a chargesheet in a court against three people including an Army Captain for their involvement in an alleged “fake” encounter in Shopian district in which three civilians were killed.
Police said the chargesheet was produced in the court of the principal district and sessions judge of Shopian.
“The three accused in this case are Captain Bhupinder of 62 Rashtriya Rifles, Bilal Ahmad, resident of Pulwama and Tabish Ahmad, resident of Shopian,” said Wajahat Hussain, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Hussain has been heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted to probe the case.
The Army on Thursday issued a statement saying that the process of summary evidence had been completed in the Amshipora (Shopian) encounter of July 18, 2020 in which three labourers were killed although they had no connection with any militant activity.
The Army said the summary of evidence was being examined by legal experts to ascertain if further action was needed in this case.