Two BJP employees, their PSOs held for faking militant assault in Kupwara

J&Ok POLICE have arrested two BJP employees and their two private safety officers (PSOs) for allegedly faking a militant assault in Kupwara district final week. The BJP employees had faked the assault to get enhanced safety, the police mentioned on Tuesday.
Ishfaq Ahmad Mir, the occasion’s IT cell in cost for Kupwara, had faked the assault in connivance with occasion’s district spokesperson Basharat Ahmad and the PSOs, the police mentioned. The BJP mentioned it has suspended Ishfaq’s father Mohammad Shafi Mir, who’s the occasion district president for Kupwara, until the probe into the matter is over.
A senior police officer informed The Indian Express, “We are coming up with full details of the incident in a day or two.”
Late on July 16 night, there have been studies of a militant assault on Ishfaq whereas he was distributing aid in Gulgam village of Kupwara. He had claimed that he was wounded within the assault as one of many bullets hit his arm.
Soon, nonetheless, the police dominated out a militant assault and mentioned a bullet was by accident fired by one in every of Ishfaq’s safety personnel and the opposite safety man, taking it for a militant assault, fired some warning pictures.
Later, the police investigation revealed that Ishfaq, Basharat and their private safety guards had faked the assault.
Police sources mentioned the staged assault was an try by the BJP employee to “get enhanced security” and in addition to “attract attention” of the occasion management. The sources mentioned the damage to Ishfaq was additionally stage-managed to make it seem as a bullet damage.
They mentioned the accused individuals, together with the 2 PSOs, have been offered earlier than the court docket on Monday and despatched to seven days police remand.
The BJP suspended its Kupwara district president Mohammad Shafi Mir because the matter got here to mild. BJP media in cost Manzoor Ahmad Bhat informed The Indian Express, “We have suspended him till the inquiry is completed. The inquiry would be completed by July 25. The reason for suspension is the suspicion that his son faked the attack. The police are investigating.”
Bhat mentioned Ishfaq and Basharat additionally breached the safety protocol. “Usually, as per the security protocol, our leaders and workers are not allowed to move after 5 pm,” he mentioned. “They said they had gone to distribute ration. But there was no need to go that late in the evening.”