SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government ordered a magisterial inquiry into the killing of a civilian during an exchange of fire between Army personnel and militants in the Kupwara district today.
“We have ordered an inquiry into the incident and additional district magistrate (assistant commissioner, revenue) Mohammad Abdullah Malik, has been appointed as the head of the inquiry committee,” Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, Khalid Jehangir, told reporters.
The inquiry will be completed in three weeks, he added.
The Deputy Commissioner said the police had also ordered a probe into the incident. Both probes will go on concurrently, he added. (AGENCIES)
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