Hyderpora fake encounter: Demand for return of body of third civilian grows louder - Press Release issued by Kashmir Media Service.

Srinagar -- November 20, 2021 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Kashmir Media Service

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In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), as the bodies of Mohammad Altaf Butt and Dr Mudassir Gul, the two civilians killed in the Hyderpora fake encounter by Indian troops, were laid to rest hours after they were exhumed and now the demand for the mortal remains of Amir Magray, the third victim of the extrajudicial killing, has grown louder.

According to Kashmir Media Service, Hurriyat leaders as well as leaders of regional political parties have said that the body of Amir Magray should also be returned to his family in the Ramban area of Jammu.

Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti wrote on Twitter, "Aamir Magrey is yet to be given a decent burial by his mourning family. The fact that these families are begging for mortal remains instead of asking for justice reflects their lack of faith in the system."

Outspoken National Conference leader Ruhullah Mehdi tweeted, "Does the administration and also we (the society) think he was child (Magray) of a lesser mortal? And what about the identity and details of the fourth one killed? Or was there a fourth one? Was there even a combatant among them?"

Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu tweeted that Amir Magray of Ramban, enjoyed the same rights (in life and in death) under Article 21 of the Constitution as Altaf Butt and Mudassir Gul. He stated that Magray's remains...