The killing of tribal youth has caused widespread outrage in J&K with the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, former CM and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, other political leaders, tribal community leaders and family members of the deceased demanding a thorough probe into the incident.After the outrage, police today suspended two cops of the District Special Branch.The suspended cops have been identified as Head Constable Baljinder Singh and Sgct. Pawan Singh.The SSP Jammu has directed DysP Headquarters, Jammu to hold a departmental inquiry against the suspended policemen.The Inquiry Officer has been asked to complete the proceedings on merit and submit the findings to DPO Jammu for further necessary action.Prominent tribal activist Talib Hussain said police killed an innocent youth for promotion.“It was a cold blooded murder. It is clearly a fake encounter,” he said.“We have been waiting for justice since yesterday evening. Till now FIR should have been registered and the guilty should have been arrested so far,” he said.Talib said family and community leaders have put forward three demands.The demands, he said, include registration of FIR by name, compensation to the victim’s family and judicial inquiry.While disputing the police claim, he said not a single FIR was registered against Parvez.J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah termed the killing of Parvez as highly unfortunate & deeply regrettable.“Use of force by the police has to be calibrated & cannot be indiscriminate. J&K has paid a heavy price in the past because of incidents such as these. This incident should be investigated in a transparent & time bound manner,” he said.
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