New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a report from Jammu and Kashmir Police on the circumstances under which a 26-year-old man was killed allegedly by the police at Tengpora in Batamaloo area of Srinagar on July 10.
A bench headed by Justice P C Ghose also stayed contempt proceedings initiated against the Senior Superintendent of Police and Inspector General of Police (Kashmir Range) for not lodging an FIR against the cops, including the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) allegedly involved in the killing of Shabir Ahmad Mir. It issued notice to Mir’s father on the plea of the Jammu and Kashmir government.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, had on July 18 directed the SSP to file an FIR against DSP Yasir Qadri and others on an application of Mir’s father alleging that his son was killed inside his house.
“In the meantime, there shall be stay of the contempt proceedings directed to be initiated against the SSP, Srinagar and the IGP, Srinagar.