On MHA Directive, NIA Takes Over Kokernag Encounter Case

SRINAGAR: The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) has assumed management of the Kokernag encounter case, following the Ministry of House Affairs directive, as revealed by sources on Wednesday.

Sources knowledgeable the information company KNO that, according to the Ministry of House Affairs notification, the NIA has taken cost of the case and registered it beneath FIR quantity RC-04/2023/NIA/JMU on the Jammu Police Station of the company. “The company will provoke an in depth investigation into the encounter case,” they added.

The Kokernag encounter, which occurred on September 13 this yr, resulted within the lack of three senior officers from the Military and J&Okay Police. Within the week-long encounter, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander Uzair Khan, together with one other militant was killed.