Sajad Lone, Junaid Mattu ask LG to order probe into Hyderpora killings

Srinagar Nov 16: Mayor Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Junaid Azim Mattu and People’s Conference President, Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday asked the LG Manoj Sinha to order a probe into the killing of two men in a gunfight in Hyderpora last evening. Police said four people, including a foreign militant and his associate from J&K’s Ramban district, were killed in the gunfight.

As per IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, Mohammad Altaf Bhat, the owner of the building where the gunfight took place and one Mudassir Gul, an OGW as per police were killed “in cross fire” a claim contested by their families. Grave and serious allegations emerging from the Hyderpora encounter. Request Hon’ble LG @manojsinha_ Sahab to order an impartial and time-bound probe to ascertain the truth. Hope the truth prevails. The families of the two civilians should be heard and heard dispassionately, ” Mattu wrote in a tweet this afternoon.

PC Chief, Sajad Lone also called for an impartial probe into the allegations by the families. In the midst of conflicting claims in the Hyderpora encounter the least we deserve is a transparent description of what happened by a neutral institution. This is neither the first time nor the last time. @manojsinha_ U have the opportunity to assert that human lives matter, ” Lone tweeted.