Bodies of 3 Hmar men bore bruises, says autopsy report, fuels ‘fake encounter’ buzz | India News

GUWAHATI: Postmortem and inquest reports of three Hmar individuals, who Assam Police said were militants killed in a “crossfire” between cops and another group of militants on July 16 in Cachar district, have revealed that besides bullet marks, their bodies also showed injuries from the impact of a blunt force. The reports have fuelled allegations of fake encounter.
Alleging torture & extrajudicial killing, family of the deceased had filed a writ petition and demanded an independent inquiry by CBI. State govt has denied custodial death allegations. Hearing the families’ plea on Wednesday, a division bench noted that the petitioners had no objection to taking custody of the bodies to perform their last rites. The case will be heard next on Sept 10.