GG News Bureau
Jammu, 18th Jan. The encounter in the Sidhra area of Jammu and Kashmir in December of last year, in which four terrorists were killed, has become the subject of a magisterial investigation by the state’s government.
According to an order issued by the additional district magistrate, Assistant Commissioner, Jammu, Piyush Dhotra, has been appointed as an enquiry officer to conduct the investigation into the encounter that occurred near a police checkpoint in Sidhra on December 28.
“I have been directed to conduct a magisterial enquiry and submit the report to district magistrate, Jammu”, Dhotra said in a notice on Wednesday.
The investigation has been ordered in accordance with the National Human Rights Commission’s guidelines.
“In order to gather facts of the matter and to conduct enquiry in a fair and transparent manner, anyone having any information can come to the office and record his or her statement from today till January 21”, the officer said.
Four heavily armed terrorists were killed in a “chance encounter” with security forces in Kashmir after infiltrating from Pakistan in a truck.
They also had seven AK assault rifles, one M4 rifle, three pistols, and a large amount of ammunition on them.
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