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Pathribal encounter: Court directs IGP to produce authority letter 4/16/2014 11:21:37 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 16 : Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar has directed the Inspector General of Police Kashmir to produce authority letter from government, authorizing him to seek the documents regarding closure of 2000 Pathribal encounter. Meanwhile, the army filed objection to the application by IGP seeking evidence on the basis of which decision was passed by the Court Martial, declaring the infamous encounter as joint operation of army and police. "The IGP has no locus standi in the case," the army said in the objections. Five civilians were killed in the encounter on March 26, 2000 at Pathribal in South Kashmir with the victims being branded by Army as foreign militants. Nearly 14 years after the fake encounter rocked the state, the Army in January this year closed the case, saying the evidence recorded could not establish prime facie charges against any of its accused five personnel. The case was handed over to the CBI for investigation in January, 2003. The CBI in its chargesheet concluded that officials and jawans of the Seven Rashtriya Rifles -- Brig Ajay Saxena, Lt Col Brahendra Pratap Singh, Maj Saurabh Sharma, Maj Amit Saxena and Subedar Idrees Khan had staged a fake encounter and killed five innocent civilians whom they said were terrorists involved in the massacre of 35 Sikhs at Chittisinghpora in south Kashmir on March 20, 2000.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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