Budgam: The probe report of Budgam Army firing by District Magistrate of Budgam claimed that the car had actually skidded and hit an electric pole on the roadside.
The fallout was fatal. 
The army, which says it had intelligence inputs about a movement by militants, opened fire, in which two teenage civilians – one of them a 14-year-old – was killed.
A separatist call for strike in Kashmir valley on Wednesday which paralysed normal life, as shops and business establishment’s remainder closed. The state government imposed curfew in parts of the city in the wake of the strike call in Srinagar.
The army has expressed its regrets for the incident in a statement and said the soldiers had opened fire when the vehicle didn’t stop at the checkpoint despite being signaled to stop.
The District Magistrate and the Senior Superintendent of Police of Budgam, have submitted a joint report to the state government and the Election Commission.
The locals said there was only one checking point not three as claimed by army. Also, they say it was a constant source of harassment for them.
Notify that incident had taken place at the same spot where two years ago, an Army team had allegedly killed two soldiers and injured three others in a case of “mistaken identity”.
Clashes had been broke out between the locals and security personnel in Nowgam area over the incident on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on micro blogging site Twitter tweeted, “The recent deaths have served to vitiate the poll atmosphere already strained by the post flood reconstruction challenge that people face.”
Bureau Report
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