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Court rejects bail of accused

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 3/27/2015 4:06:59 PM

SRINAGAR, Mar 26: A Bandipora court today rejected bail plea of Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh accused of Markundal army shoot-out in which a 17-year-old youth Irfan Ahmad Ganaie was killed near his house three years ago.
According to defense lawyer Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, the court of principal district and session’s judge Bandipora who had heard the bail matter rejected the plea.
Pertinently, on intervening night of June 29-30 2012, a Ganaie a resident of Markundal Sumbal was allegedly killed by forces while Tariq Ahmad Laherwal was killed next morning when the people were protesting against the killing of Ganaie.
On July 3, 2013, a driver, who was accompanying 13 RR to Markundal village on the night of the killing of Ganaie was arrested by the police for questioning for being the sole eye witness of the killing.
Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh is the son of Abdul Rashid Shiekh resident of Markundal, Sumbal. On June 29, 2014, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had directed the Ministry of Defence to submit a report over the killing of two youth in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district last year.
The NHRC, according to status of the case which was filed in the rights body by Ravi Nitesh of Mission Bharatiyam Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, has directed Director (G), Ministry of Defence, Government of India to submit the relevant report within four weeks positively.
The Commission had also asked the Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission to inform it regarding the date on which it took cognizance in the matter.
Earlier the NHRC had asked the Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, New Delhi to submit a report within eight weeks over the killings.“No report has been received from the Ministry of Defence,” the NHRC had stated. In its report to NHRC, Director General of Police, J&K, submitted that both the killings were being investigated.
“In his response, Director General of Police, J&K vide letter dated 02.01.2014 informed that the enquiries got conducted into the matter and FIR No.115/2013 u/s 302 RPC P/S Sumbal regarding killing of one Irfan Ahmad Ganaie, of Markundal due to alleged firing by security forces during the intervening night of 29/30 June, 2013 was being investigated,” the case status read.
“During the course of site inspection, a violent mob from village Markundal and its adjacent areas equipped with lathies and stones protected against killing of the said person, pelted stones upon security forces which resulted in damage to an ambulance. Violent mob remained adamant and continuously pelted stones upon the said vehicle, due to which security forces opened fire in self defence resulting in critical injuries to one pedestrian namely Tariq Ahmad Laherwal son of Ghulam Qadir Laherwal of Kondbal Ganderbal who was shifted to Sumbal Hospital where the Doctor declared him as having succumbed,” DGP had submitted.
The DGP had submitted that a case FIR No.116/2013 u/s 147,148, 149, 336, 427, 307 RPC was registered in PS Submal. “During the course of investigation, the body was handed over to his legal heirs for last rites after completion of all codal formalities. Investigation further revealed that two persons namely Farooq Ahmad Malla son of Ghulam Nabi Malla of Markundal and Muhammad Maqbook Sofi son of Ghulam Muhammad of Sehampora Dooru Sopore also got injured in this incident. The case is still under investigation,” the police submitted.