BY MOHD MAJID MALIK ,DODA,MAR24— Kishtwar police team headed by Dy. SP headquarter Kishtwar Abrar Chowdhary as major success produce the challan in murder case of SPO Mohammad Hanief of District Police Doda killed on 08-12-2011 in Palmar area of District Kishtwar when 3 people including 01 surrendered and 02 released militants hatched a conspiracy and executed him in cold blooded murder. After committing the crime, the murder fled away from the spot while snatching his AK-47 rifle with plenty of ammunition.
After a week of conspiracy, one of the accused Mohammad Rafi S/o Abdul Rashid R/o Sarthal a surrendered militant and formal SPO of District Doda lured the deceased SPO after becoming his source to visit Suzna Palmar forest area of the District Kishtwar for eliminating Mohammad Amin Butt @ Jahangir a self-styled Divisional Commander. of HM outfit. As per the Charge sheet, trusting the source Hanief after taking his seniors into confidence proceeded towards Kishtwar along with an operation party of four police officials. The exact identity of source was only known to the deceased SPO. As part of conspiracy between the accused, the source instructed SPO Hanief to dump his operation party at Thathri and proceed with him alone to Suzna Palmar area of District Kishtwar.
Bearing high anti-insurgency morale and displaying extreme courage and blind trustfulness on the source SPO Mohammad Hanief in the evening of 08-12-2011 switched off his mobile phones and proceeded to the area where operation was to be launched. The source (Rafi) straightaway took him to Suzna Palmar where his accomplices Shahnawaz @ Bilal a released militant of LeT outfit and Nafeez Manawar S/o Mohammad Munawar another released militant of LeT outfit were waiting with his death warrant.
The conspiracy and planning of murder was given final shape by the three ex-militants during the intervening night of 08/09-12-2011 when the deceased SPO was waiting with high hope to take on the oldest ultra of District Kishtwar “Jahangir” who is wanted in many cases since 1992. In the wee hrs of 09-12-2011 Nafeez, Bilal, Rafi along with another Basharat a class 12th student and resident of District Kathua marched to the place which was decided for executing the cold blooded murder. The Police official with the highest sense of duty towards nation and with the hopes of eliminating the most wanted the oldest and the terrorist marched with them with his foot prints displaying the trust of highest order reposed by him on another human being. When reached under a rock where he was supposed to engage himself in an encounter with terrorist Jahangir, Bilal and Nafeez Munawar pounced upon him, laying him prostrate on the ground, his source Rafi took out the illegal Chinese Pistol and shoot the brave soldier in the rare part of the head from a point blank range. The weapon AK-47, ammunition, cell phones and ID proof of the deceased were taken away by the criminals leaving behind his martyred remains in the pool of blood. In the evening of 09-12-2011 the dead body was spotted by the villagers and matter was reported to Police. After registering FIR No.342/2011, U/S 302/382/34 RPC and provisions of Indian Arms Act, a team of Police headed by Dy SP Headquarters Kishtwar Abrar Chowdhary and comprising Insp Mushtaq Ahmed, Insp Mohammad Arif, SI Nayeem-Ul-Haq and Abdul Hamid MC P/S Kishtwar under the supervision of SP Kishtwar Sh. B.S.Tutti cracked the blind murder case and arrested Nafeez Munawar and Basharat Ali, the remaining 02 accused Bilal Ahmed and Rafi Mochi joined the militants ranks in the name of the otherwise wiped out LeT outfit. Police party headed by SP Kishtwar Sh. B.S. Tutti under the supervision of DIG DKR Range Hqrs, Batote Sh. M K Sinha tracked the terrorists in different parts of the District Kishtwar for a period of nearly 02 months after which the Police succeeded in neutralizing them in forests of Banzwar area of Kishtwar on the bank of river Chenab. Police successfully recovered the snatched weapon AK-47 of the deceased SPO Hanief along with the ammunition, the Chinese Pistol used for killing SPO Hanief. The Police also recovered his ID proof card from the possession of neutralized militants. Police has produced the charge sheet of the case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Kishtwar while parading the arrested accused in the court under tight security cover. Police is also seeking legal opinion of attachment of all the houses/dwellings used by these terrorists while hatching the conspiracy and for executing the murder. Police is also looking for a few conduits that have provided the master plan to these surrendered ultras to kill the Police personal and use their weapon for reviving the insurgency in the area. After committing the charge sheet to the competent court of law the next date of hearing has been fixed by the court of law as 02-04-2012 in the court of Principal and District Session Judge Kishtwar.