In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the High Court has granted two more weeks to the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to respond to a plea by the father of Muhammad Amir Magray, seeking the return of the body of his son for burial.
Muhammad Amir Magray was martyred along with three other persons by Indian troops in a fake encounter in the Hyderpora area of Srinagar on No-vember 15 last year.
A bench of Justice D S Thakur granted the time to the Indian MHA after Assistant Solicitor General of India (ASGI) Tahir Shamsi on behalf of the MHA solicited more time for the response.
The court had on January 12 issued notice to the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs and IIOJK authori-ties through Principal Secretary Home, Director General of Police (DGP), and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir seeking their response within 10 days to the plea.
Amir’s father Muhammad Latief Magrey has filed the petition through his lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat and is seeking the intervention of the court for handing over the body of martyred Aamir.
The petitioner seeks directives for handing over his son’s body to the family. Meanwhile, the Indian police in its response to the High Court claimed that the return of the body of Amir Magray will send a wrong message in society and will lead to far greater consequences of law and order.—KMS
