Jammu: On Thursday, a suspected drug pedalor was killed in the exchange of fire between police and alleged narcotics smugglers in a fixed Chak area in Satwari area of Jammu. While doing a “fake encounter” police operation, his family members staged a protest outside Jammu GMCH that night.J&K police on Friday suspended two personnel from District Special Branch, Jammu, and ordered a departmental inquiry against the pair. An SIT-1 DSP-Ranking officer has been set up to investigate the family’s allegations.It came after a few hours after J&K CM Omar Abdullah, Nekan MP Mian Altaf, and PDP President and former CM Mehboboba Mufti. Calling the death “deeply regretthe”, Omar posted on X: “The use of force by the police would have to be calibrated and cannot be indiscriminately. J&K has paid heavy prices in the past due to incidents like these. ,Late on Thursday night, a police team was chasing alleged drug smugglers when the suspects allegedly started firing at the police, causing a gun. A police spokesperson said one of the suspects, one of the suspects, was injured, and later bowed down.While the Autopsy was running at Jammu GMCH, a large crowd – including their families – gathered in convenience and demanded an inquiry, demanding a protest outside the morgue, while claiming that the deceased was innocent. Senior police officers rushed to the spot and pacified the agitators, assuring that an investigation was going on. The spokesperson said that additional soldiers were deployed to prevent proceeding, saying that the situation was later brought under control at night.Parvez’s body was handed over to his family on Friday, and his funerals were performed at his original place.In an X post, Mehboba stated that Parvez was being “labels” as a drug dealer, and even if it is, “We live in a democratic country where justice is done through justice () Khap panchayats or Kangaroo courts as the rule of law”. From time to time, looking for a fair investigation, he said: “We should not descend or condemn the culture of extraordinary encounters because it is exactly what separates people.”
