Srinagar, Jun 1 (PTI) One of the two separatists killed by Indian security forces in Pulwama district of Indian administered Kashmir on Friday was a Pakistani, J&K police said on Saturday.
A total of four separatists and an "active associate" were killed on Friday in two alleged encounters with Indian security forces in Shopian and Pulwama districts of Indian administered Kashmir.
One of the Kashmiri killed at Midoora in Awantipora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district has been identified as Yawar Ahmad Najar, a resident of Darganie Gund Tral while the other has been identified as Pakistani named Umar, a police spokesman said.
The spokesman alleged that incriminating material including arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of the ‘encounter’.
Independent bodies have yet to confirm whether those killed were separatists, or their alleged involvement in activities claimed by the Indian security forces.
Human rights organisations have claimed constant human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir, a disputed territory administered by India, including mass killings, forced disappearances, torture, rape and sexual abuse for political repression and suppression of freedom of speech.
UN human rights report on Kashmir in June 2018 has called for international inquiry into ongoing human rights violations and abuses in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Rights Groups referred in Wikipedia; about “100,000 people have died since 1989 while the official figures from Indian sources state the estimates of number of civilians killed due to the insurgency in the range of 16,725 to 47,000”
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) recently adopted a resolution on Jammu and Kashmir, condemning the “atrocities and human rights violations” in the state,
The resolution on Kashmir used phrases such as “Indian terrorism” and “mass blindings” by Indian security forces on protesting youths.
