J & K SHRC Seeks Report On Student's Death

J & K SHRC Seeks Report On Student's Death 1/18/2009 Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed police to submit a report in a case involving the mysterious death of a management student of Kupwara district in Jammu last year. The direction was given to the Inspector General of Police, Jammu, K Rajindra after a human rights activist Mr Nadeem Qadri filed a petition in SHRC here alleging the victim was murdered by ‘some influential’ people. The parents of the deceased, Imran Khan, 23, of Sulkoot Kupwara, alleged that he was murdered by some influential people whom police was trying to shield, but the Jammu police maintained the deceased had committed suicide. The SHRC has asked the IGP to file the report by February 5, and also fixed the date for hearing on February 8. The petitioner has accused police of hushing up the case by terming it as a suicide case, as ‘suspects are believed to be very influential.’ According to the petitioner, Imran was tortured and murdered by the some youths of Chatha Govindpora on October 16, 2008 after a confrontation, adding, police has not initiated an inquiry, nor arrested or questioned the suspects. Mr Qadri also requested the Commission for grant of an interim relief of Rs two lakh to the victim’s family. UNI

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