Srinagar: National Conference vice-president and the former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah said bodies of civilians killed in Hyderpora encounter should be exhumed in Handwara and handed over to their families for last rites.
“I had decided not to stage a sit-in but to knock on other doors but the way families of slain were treated yesterday evening, I couldn’t control myself and decided to raise my voice,” former CM said.
He, however, said that at this stage, he has nothing to with the inquiry ordered by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
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Omar led a sit-in of party leaders at a local park in Sonwar area of Srinagar – few meters away from his Gupkar residence against the “government’s denial in handing over bodies of those killed in Hydepora encounter to their families for last rites.
Speaking to reporters, Omar said he doesn’t ask for anything except the bodies of those buried in Handwara.
He said that at this stage he has nothing to do with the inquiry ordered into the Hyderpora encounter. “J&K police has itself admitted that civilians were killed in crossfire. I want their bodies to be exhumed from Handwara and the same be handed over to their families for last rites,” said Omar, who was flanked by senior party leaders in the local park here.
Asked about “Hybrid militants”, the former chief minister of J&K said that he has chaired a series of meetings when he was heading the erstwhile State. “I have read so many intelligence reports and I do watch happenings across the world but I haven’t heard about Hybrid militants. Some should make me understand what it means,” he said and reiterated that bodies of those slain in Hyderpora encounter be handed over to their families.
(KNO)
