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Army files counter FIR in Shopian firing case, says `we responded to ultimate provocation`

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Pune: The Army on Wednesday filed a counter FIR in Shopian firing incident, in which Major Aditya has been booked.

Meanwhile, defending the Army, Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Devraj Anbu on Wednesday said that the Army had opened fire into a crowd in Shopian in the face of the “ultimate provocation” by a stone-pelting crowd.

Calling the FIR against the Army, which is registered by the Jammu and Kashmir Police as “unfortunate”, Lt Gen Anbu called it said that there should have been generic FIR in the matter.

“That is an unfortunate thing, in such a case a generic FIR should have been filed. I think they have prematurely put the name of an individual, I am sure when they investigate truth will come out. Notwithstanding what the state government did, we had our own inquiry and are clear that we responded when we were provoked to the ultimate,” he added, as per PTI.

Meanwhile, the death toll in the alleged Army firing on a mob in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday rose to three after a critically injured youth succumbed to injuries.

Rayees Ahmad, who was among the nine persons injured in the Army firing last week, succumbed to injuries at a hospital here this morning, police said, PTI reported.

With this, death toll in the firing incident at Ganovpora area of Shopian has risen to three.

The Army opened fire on a stone-pelting mob on January 27. The Army claimed it had opened fire in self-defence after seven of its personnel were injured.

The state government has ordered a magisterial probe into the incident.

Police filed an FIR under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) against Army personnel, including a Major, involved in the incident.

(With Agency inputs)

Source: Zee News