L-G Promises Justice and Jobs to Kin of Men Killed in ‘Fake’ Shopian Encounter
The families have claimed that the three men had gone to Shopian to earn their livelihood and had nothing to do with terrorism.
L-G Promises Justice and Jobs to Kin of Men Killed in ‘Fake’ Shopian Encounter
Jammu and Kashmir’s lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha has assured the grief stricken families of three Gujjar men-- allegedly killed in a fake encounter in Amshipora of Shopian district on July 18—that they will be served justice and promised a government job for a member of each bereaved family. “The LG promised all possible help including a government job to the next of kin of the three men killed in a staged encounter,” said a senior official. It has been learnt that Sinha travelled for six hours and walked for about 4 km to reach village Tarkassi in the far flung area of Rajouri in the Jammu division to meet the families on Thursday. He expressed grief and sorrow over the incident and assured them of justice. He said that the government will take care of all the three families and all assistance would be provided to them, said the official. Sinha also conveyed sympathies to the families on behalf of the PM. Close on the heels of the army’s findings of irregularities in the Amshipora ope…
