Protests in Bandipora over youth’s custodial killing

Hundreds of people staged a strong protest in Bandipora district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) against the killing of a Kashmiri youth by Indian troops in a staged encounter.

The troops martyred the youth, Altaf Lali, in a fake encounter in the Kulnar Bazipora area of Bandipora district on Friday. The family of the martyred youth said that Altaf was picked up from his home by Indian police two days prior to the incident.

As news of his Altaf’s killing spread, intense protests broke out in the Ajas area of Bandipora, where his family and locals rejected the Indian forces’ claims, insisting that Altaf was in police custody before being killed in a fake encounter.