Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 17: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe killing of a top counter-insurgency police officer, Altaf Ahmad, today produced a challan in a Court against five persons including a hardline Hurriyat leader at North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
The SIT which is headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) produced the challan against five persons including Showkat Hakeem, Mehraj-ud-Din, Younis, Manzoor Ahmad and Touseef in Sessions Court Bandipora.
The tech-savvy counter-insurgency cop, Altaf Ahmad, who had earned sobriquet of ‘Latpop’, was killed in a shootout while he was chasing the then top Lashkar-e-Toiba Divisional Commander, Abu Qasim, at Bandipora on October 7, 2015. Qasim was killed after Altaf’s death in an encounter at Kulgam district of South Kashmir same year.
A case under FIR number 23/2013 under Section 302 RPC 7/27 Arms Act, 16/18 Unlawful Activities Act stands registered against the five accused. One of the accused persons, Showkat Hakeem, is associated with Muslim League headed by Masarat Aalam Bhat. The ML is a constituent of Hardline Hurriyat faction headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
Another accused, Tauseef, is a militant hailing from Qaimoh area of Kulgam district in South Kashmir but he is still at large. The other accused including Showkat Hakeem have been shifted to Baramulla jail.
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