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Burhan Wani's killing was 'accident': BJP's Nirmal Singh
Srinagar, July 31 (IBNS): Three weeks after the death of Burhan Wani, in sync with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's statement, state Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Nirmal Singh on Sunday said the killing of the top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander was an "accident."
"It was an accident. If we had known about it earlier then we would have taken precautions prior to operation," Nirmal Singh was quoted as saying in media.
But hours after the statement, Singh made a u-turn, and reportedly said, "Facts have been misinterpreted."
"I was asked about government's failure on controlling the violence that happened after the operation. I said precautions would have been taken so that violence would not have happened after Burhan's killing," Singh said.
Earlier, Mehbooba Mufti said that had anyone known that Wani was at the hideout, the government would have made proper arrangements to prevent the situation "from turning to what it is today" after his death.
She had said, “If we had known, then security forces might have given him one chance at a time when the situation was improving.”
Security personnel had killed Burhan Wani in Kokernag in Kashmir on July 8.
Massive protests and curfew prevailed in the Valley following Wani's death.
Forty-nine people including women and children have been killed in security forces' firing and around 3,000 have been wounded in the violence.
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