The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday registered a murder case against unidentified persons after three men picked up by the Army for questioning were found dead with multiple injuries on December 22. Eight men were detained following the ambush on an Army convoy on December 21 in Poonch-Rajouri area where four soldiers were killed and three others were injured. The terrorists involved in the ambush are yet to be identified or arrested.
The First Information Report has been filed at Surankote police station in Poonch under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a government source said. The case was registered after a high-level intervention from Delhi following release of a 29-second video showing some persons, purportedly Army jawans, stripping the three men and sprinkling chilly powder on them. The clip was circulated on social media. The video was said to have been shot at the Army’s camp.
Five locals have been admitted with serious injuries in a hospital. All belong to the tribal Gujjar Bakkarwal community.
