Indian troops killing innocent Kashmiris in fake encounters.

ISLAMABAD -- Indian troops continue to kill innocent Kashmiri youth in an extrajudicial manner during fake encounters to suppress the Kashmiris' ongoing freedom struggle.

An analytical report released by the Research Section of reporter on Thursday said, the troops have martyred 95,723 innocent Kashmiris since January 1989 till date and 7,155 of them have been killed in fake encounters or in custody.

The report pointed out that extrajudicial killings and fake encounters continue to surface from time to time in IIOJK while Srinagar and Shopian fake encounters are the latest examples of Indian state terrorism in the occupied territory. It said that Indian Army had been involved in many staged encounters including the Pathribal encounter of 2000 and Machil encounter of 2010.

The report deplored the troops were killing youth in staged encounters for cash rewards. Even IIOJK police confirmed that Indian Army Captain, Bhoopinder Singh, killed three innocent youth at Amshipora in Shopian in July, last year, for a cash reward of Rs 20 lakh, it said. Later, it added, the troops killed three more youth during a staged-encounter in Lawaypora area of Srinagar in...