‘Missing report torn, made to sign on blank paper’: Family of youth arrested in connection with Shopian Fake Encounter

Srinagar: The family members of a youth from Sugan area of Shopian Monday staged a protest at Srinagar and alleged that Police has framed false charges against him by connecting him with the July 18 Amshipora Shopian Fake Encounter.

“On August 12, our son Tabish Nazir was picked up by Army first and then he was handed over to Police. When we failed to trace our son, we went to DPL Shopian where a DySP Wajahat Ahmed, tore our missing complaint and instead asked me to sign on a blank paper,” alleged Nazir Ahmed Malik, father of Tabish, while protesting at Press Colony Srinagar.

Malik said that he being an illiterate signed on a blank paper without knowing the reason. “The DySP told me that he saved Tabish otherwise our son was to be branded as a militant,” Malik said. He said now all of a sudden his son is being linked with the July 18 Amshipora encounter on the pretext that “he gave information to army about three militants, which is a baseless charge.”

Speaking on the occasion, Tabish’s mother said that her son is being framed and is under detention since August 12. “How come he is being connected with the Shopian Encounter? The fact is that my son is a labourer and he was picked up by the Army first and then handed over to Police. Now he is being deliberately linked with the Amshipora encounter to save those who killed three innocent labourers from Rajouri,” she said, amid tears.

Tabish’s aunt and other relatives demanded immediate release of their son stating that “LG Manoj Sinha must intervene and find out what is the truth.”

“Our son is innocent and has no link with the Amshipora gunfight. Now, under a proper plan, he is being accused of something he has never done, only to save army men who killed innocent Rajouri labourers,” the protesting relatives of Tabish alleged while speaking to Kashmir News Observer.

“Our son was presented in the court without any information to us. He is being made a scapegoat to save others. This is ultimate oppression. Tabish was under detention since past 50 days and now all of a sudden he is being linked with the Amshipora gunfight.”

Pertinently, the bodies of three Rajouri youth were exhumed on Saturday and handed over to their families. The trio was laid to rest at Rajouri amid sobs. The army had admitted that its men had exceeded the powers under AFSPA and police probe had found no militant link of slain trio. KNO