{"id":8812,"date":"2026-04-03T21:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=8812"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:35:28","slug":"130007938-cms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=8812","title":{"rendered":"Lieutenant governor orders magisterial probe into Ganderbal \u2018encounter\u2019, seeks report within seven days | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130009206,imgsize-388288,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/kashmir-encounter.jpg\" alt=\"Lieutenant governor orders magisterial probe into Ganderbal \u2018encounter\u2019, seeks report within seven days\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SRINAGAR: The lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/manoj-sinha\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Manoj Sinha<\/a>, on Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into a recent encounter in Ganderbal district and sought a report within seven days.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The Army had claimed on April 1 that an unidentified terrorist was killed in the operation at Arhama the previous night, while the slain person\u2019s family denied any terror links and demanded a probe.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cI have ordered a thorough and impartial magisterial inquiry into the Arhama, Ganderbal incident. The inquiry will examine all aspects related to the incident and ensure that justice is served,\u201d Sinha wrote on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The order, marked \u201cconfidential\u201d and \u201curgent\u201d, was issued by the home department, which functions under the LG. <!-- -->In the order, the Ganderbal district magistrate has been directed to ascertain the facts and circumstances leading to the death of Rashid Ahmad Mughal, 28, by getting \u201ca thorough and impartial magisterial inquiry conducted\u201d. The inquiry may be completed within seven days, and the report may be submitted to the home department, the order states.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Rashid\u2019s elder brother, Ajaz Ahmad Mughal, on Thursday, alleged that he was killed in a \u201cfake encounter\u201d, and filed a complaint with the police seeking an FIR and investigation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>J&amp;K Police have not made any statement regarding the matter so far.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>After Ajaz disputed the Army\u2019s statement related to the encounter, chief minister Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti also sought an inquiry. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>\u201cI believe the family\u2019s claim should not be dismissed out of hand. At the very least, this encounter needs a transparent &amp; time bound probe with the facts made public. Any attempt to obfuscate or delay the announcement of a probe will only damage credibility &amp; that is not in anyone\u2019s interest,\u201d Omar, who is the MLA from Ganderbal constituency, wrote on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/lieutenant-governor-orders-magisterial-probe-into-ganderbal-encounter-seeks-report-within-seven-days\/articleshow\/130007938.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRINAGAR: The lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, on Friday ordered a magisterial&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[724,21646,723,719,720,721,22255,22254,7219,22256,722],"class_list":["post-8812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking-news","tag-ganderbal-encounter","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-jammu-and-kashmir-police","tag-magisterial-inquiry","tag-manoj-sinha","tag-rashid-ahmad-mughal","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}