22-Year-Old Kashmiri Lecturer Shabir Ahmad Mir Died Of Pellet Injuries, Not Bullet Wounds Reveals Fresh Test

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22-Year-Old Kashmiri Lecturer Shabir Ahmad Mir Died Of Pellet Injuries, Not Bullet Wounds Reveals Fresh Test


The controversy over the death of a 22-year old Kashmiri youth, whose body was exhumed and examined at the direction of the Supreme Court after his parents alleged that he had been shot point blank by police, has ended, with his autopsy concluding that he died of pellet injuries. The autopsy report was placed before a bench of justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy in a sealed envelope by attorney general Mukul Rohatgi on Monday.



Rohatgi said the report revealed "startling facts" that belied allegations that J&K police personnel barged into Shabir Ahmad Mir's house and eliminated him. The postmortem report was filed in compliance with the apex court order directing the exhumation of Mir's body for medical examination.

The attorney general and the J&K government's standing counsel Sunil Fernandes said the death of the youngster was unfortunate, but the allegations against state police were baseless. The report vindicated the state government's stand, they added.

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Mir was killed on July 10. The state government had said he died of pellet injuries sustained during police firing on a mob protesting against the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani on July 8.

However, Mir's family had alleged that he was shot by deputy superintendent of police Yasir Qadri, and sought action against the officer. The government had refuted the allegation.

"The medical certificate indicates that the deceased only had one entry wound, which totally negates the allegation that he was shot from point-blank range," it had said.

Taking into account the diametrically opposite contentions of the state and family members, the apex court had ordered a forensic examination of the body to arrive at the actual circumstances of Mir's death.

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