Father of minor killed in Srinagar “gun battle” among 7 booked

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 7: Police booked seven people including the father and family members of a minor who was killed in Srinagar last year, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
A case (FIR No. 7/2021) was filed against seven people from Bellow village in Pulwama district under sections 147, 341, 153 IPCs, and 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) at the police station Rajpora in Pulwama.
The case was registered against Mushtaq Ahmad Wani, father of Ather Mushtaq, the teenager killed in the Srinagar “gunfight”, his two uncles Mohammad Shafi Wani and Mohammad Hussain Wani. The other four people named are Fayaz Ahmad Wani son of Mohammad Sultan, Jalaludin Wani son of Mohammad Sultan, Ruba Mir son of Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, and Mushtaq Ahmad Mir son of Ama Mir.
The case was registered for carrying out protest demonstration after Friday in village Bellow during which they demanded that the dead body of Ather Mushtaq be handed over to his relatives.