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The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly witnessed uproar connected the last time of the Budget Session connected Saturday (April 4, 2026), with members of the National Conference, the Congress and the PDP demanding a judicial probe into the recent Ganderbal encounter.
The Army has claimed that the antheral killed successful the brushwood successful Arhama forests connected March 31 — identified arsenic Ganderbal nonmigratory Rashid Ahmad Mughal — was a terrorist. However, his household alleged that helium had nary panic links and termed the brushwood fake, portion demanding the instrumentality of his assemblage for due burial.
As the House assembled, legislators from some treasury and absorption benches — barring the BJP — condemned the sidesplitting and demanded a connection from Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather connected the issue.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha connected Friday (April 3, 2026) ordered a magisterial probe into the brushwood and sought a study wrong 7 days.
Raising the issue, NC MLA Mubarak Gul called for a beardown connection from the House against the sidesplitting of an "innocent" and stressed fixing accountability.
His enactment workfellow and erstwhile Judge Hasnain Masoodi underlined that the close to a decent burial is cardinal and constitutionally recognised, and indispensable beryllium respected to uphold justness and transparency.
"Any regularisation connected this close undermines the principles of justness and antiauthoritarian values," helium said, backing the family's request to instrumentality the body.
Mughal was buried by constabulary successful northbound Kashmir's Kupwara district, successful enactment with the modular process followed for terrorists killed successful encounters.
Congress legislator Nizamuddin Bhat said an administrative enquiry would not suffice successful specified a superior matter, asserting that lone a judicial probe could guarantee fairness and credibility.
"Inquiries astatine the administrative level thin to equilibrium competing interests, which tin impact accountability. What is required successful specified sedate matters is simply a judicial inquiry," helium said, calling for transparency and timely justice.
National Conference MLA Mir Saifullah termed the incidental "deeply concerning" and said the request for a judicial enquiry to place and clasp those liable accountable indispensable beryllium supported.
Irfan Hafiz Lone of Congress, who besides staged a protestation connected the contented earlier entering the House, held a placard demanding that the household of the deceased beryllium heard and justness beryllium ensured. He besides demanded a result-oriented enquiry to bring retired the truth.
BJP's R.S. Pathania questioned the treatment of a law-and-order contented successful the House, saying his ain questions had been rejected earlier connected akin grounds.
Responding to the concerns, the Speaker informed the House that a time-bound enquiry has already been ordered by the Lieutenant Governor into the matter.
