sábado, 29 de maio de 2010

Ten injured in Kashmir clashes over civilian killings

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Ten people, including three policemen, were injured in clashes between protestors and police in north Kashmir's Nadihal village where three civilians killed in an alleged staged shootout were buried Saturday. An Indian Army major and four others, including a Territorial Army soldier, have been booked for the killings.

'Protesters came out pelting stones on the deployed police and blocked the highway in Nadihal village of north Kashmir's Sopore district,' a senior police officer said here.

'The police used batons and tear smoke canisters to disperse the unruly protesters,' the officer said.

Protesters also pelted stones on the police in north Kashmir's Baramulla town and the Habba Kadal area of summer capital Srinagar.

Meanwhile, an Indian Army major and four other people, including a territorial army soldier, were booked for the murder of the three civilians April 30, police said.

In New Delhi, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said that the issue was being 'seriously' probed and no one would be spared if found guilty.

'With the Kashmir government already enquiring into the fake encounter case, we will cooperate in the probe. The army is also enquiring seriously. Nobody will be spared,' he said.

The bodies of the three civilians -- Shahzad Ahmad Khan, Riyaz Ahmad Lone and Muhammad Shafi Lone -- were Friday exhumed from a graveyard in Kalaroos village of Kupwara district and identified by their relatives in the presence of a magistrate.