DNA samples of parents have matched with slain trio, says IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar

Srinagar September 25 (PTK) Inspector General of Police Kashmir range Vijay Kumar Friday said that results of DNA samples of parents of three youth from Rajouri district have matched with those killed in Amshipora, Shopian on July 18 this year and police will now take further course of action.

On August 13, police had collected six DNA samples from the parents of three slain youth killed in Amshipora, Shopian on 18 July. After a gap of 40 days, that the DNA samples matched between the families and the slain youth.

Army in a statement had said that the inquiry has brought out certain prima facie evidence indicating that during the operation, powers vested under the AFSPA 1990 were exceeded and the Do’s and Don’ts of Chief of Army Staff as approved by the Supreme Court have been contravened. “Consequently, the competent disciplinary authority has directed to initiate disciplinary proceedings under the Army Act against those found prima-facie answerable,” the statement had said.

Soon after the army’s statement, the families of slain youth had demanded immediate exhumation of the bodies of their loved ones for proper burial at Rajouri.(PTK)