In a new low, Indian Army has been found guilty of ‘planting’ weapons on the dead bodies of innocent Kashmiris who were killed in fake encounters by Indian forces.
As per details, the police have accused Captain Bhoopendra Singh – an Indian Army officer has been accused of planting weapons on the dead bodies of three Kashmiri laborers who were killed in a fake encounter back in July 2020 this year.
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Captain Bhoopendra Singh had killed three innocent Kashmiris aged 18, 21, and 25 years in the village of Amshipora in July 2020 earlier this year and had placed illegal weapons on their dead bodies to portray them as ‘terrorists’.
The dead bodies were then quietly buried in a remote area, and the incident only came to limelight after the pictures of the deceased were circulated on social media.
Their families have repetitively denied Indian Army claims, and had argued that their loved ones were laborers who were looking for work in the region.
Meanwhile an internal inquiry conducted by the Indian Army has also found its officer guilty of the crime who is now in military custody and has been charged with murder, conspiracy, and other offences.
A History of Fake Encounters
Indian Army is notorious for its history of fake encounters in the disputed valley resulting in deaths of innumerable innocent Kashmiris being killed at the hands of Indian forces.
Back in year 2000, Indian Army had claimed to have killed five men who were responsible for killing 35 Sikhs. However, it was revealed that the deceased were wrongfully accused of heinous crimes and in-fact had been killed in a fake encounter by Indian forces.
In 2010, two officers of the Indian Army were found guilty of killing three Kashmiri civilians in a fake encounter, who had wrongfully labeled the deceased Kashmiris as ‘terrorists’ in order to be able to claim reward/bounty.
It is pertinent to know that since 1989, India has blatantly refused to prosecute its army personnel accused of various heinous crimes such as rape, murder in civilian courts.
