The former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief,  Mehbooba Mufti on Friday shot a letter to J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and urged him to initiate an impartial probe into the Hokersar gunfight that raged on December 30.

The Peoples Democratic Party President also demanded his intervention to ensure that the bodies of the deceased were handed over to their families for burial. "I am sure you are aware of the unfortunate incident at Parimpora on December 30. Three boys, the youngest one all of 17 years, were killed in what the families have alleged to be a staged gunfight. This incident has come close on the heels of an inquiry that held an Army Captain guilty of a fake encounter at Amshipora in Shopian. Again, the three victims now established as innocent through an investigation were killed and later dubbed as militants," her letter reads.

"You and I may not agree on most political matters that concern Jammu and Kashmir but I am certain that we agree that such incidents bring disrepute to the armed forces and are a grave violation of human rights."

The PDP chief said that she was aware that the UT administration was apprehensive about returning the bodies of the youths to the families "but this callous decision will only exacerbate their sense of loss and pain". She said: "One hopes that you will rethink this decision and allow them to get a closure."

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