The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday uploaded two videos of the December 30 Lawaypora gunfight, in which three suspected militants were killed. While the police claimed they had urged the suspected militants to surrender during the gunfight, the families of the three alleged their kin were innocent civilians, and demanded an investigation.
The three were identified as Ajaz Maqbool Ganie and Ather Mushtaq from Pulwama district and Zubair Lone from Shopian.
The families of the three killed also demanded that their bodies should be returned to them for burial, India Today reported. Militants are not allowed to be buried by their families in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the government’s Covid-19 protocol. Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir, including the Peoples Democratic Party and the National Conference, have also called for an inquiry into the gunfight.
The Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police had on December 31 said they had no reason to doubt the…