Army Major's father moves Supreme Court against FIR by J & K police
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS) : The father of the Army Aditya Kumar has moved the Supreme Court seeking to quash the FIR filed by the Jammu and Kashmir police against his son in connection with the firing incident in Shopian, media reports said.
According to reports, the matter has been listed in the Supreme Court for hearing on Friday.
The state police had lodged an FIR charging Major Aditya Kumar and other personnel of the 10 Garhwal Rifles battalion for murder and attempt to murder over the death of three civilians.
The Army has maintained that its soldiers were forced to open controlled fire at the crowd in self-defence after it came under attack by a stone-pelting mob.
The Army has also taken strong exception to the state police taking the name of Major Aditya in the FIR instead of filing a generic FIR.
The Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP-BJP government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident.
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