The deoxyribonucleic acid samples of three suspected militants killed by the armed forces in Amshipora in Shopian in July have matched with those of their parents in Rajouri district, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Friday. The family members of those killed had claimed that they were labourers, not militants, as labelled by the security forces.
“We have received the DNA sample results of three families of Rajouri and they have matched with those killed in Amshipora, Shopian,” Kashmir Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said, according to the Kashmir News Observer. “We will now take further course of action and complete remaining formalities.”
The Jammu and Kashmir Police had taken six samples from the parents of the three men who were killed in an operation on July 18.
On September 18, the Indian Army said it has found “prima facie evidence” that its…