Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday questioned the official narrative of arms and ammunition being recovered from the Shopian encounter site in July. Omar raised his questions on Twitter after DNA tests on Friday proved that the three slain men were labourers belonging to Rajouri district of the union territory, as per PTI report.

Omar Abdullah tweeted “According to this official version, ‘incriminating materials, including arms and ammunition, were recovered from the site of encounter’. So who planted this ‘incriminating material’?” 

Abdullah was reacting to the statement made by Vijay Kumar, the Inspector General of Police, Kashmir. Kumar had said that the DNA of the three men who were slain and were dubbed as militants by the army, had matched that of three missing persons claimed by their relatives.  

Onam Abdullah, the National Conference vice president said, “These young men were buried somewhere in North Kashmir. It is imperative that the bodies be exhumed & handed over to the families immediately so that a proper burial can take place near their homes in Rajouri district.”

On July 18, the Army had stated that three militants were gunned down in the village of Amshipura in the Shopian district of Kashmir.

An inquiry into the incident was launched after social media reports indicated that the three men were from Rajouri and had gone missing in Amshipura.

The families of the three men who had gone missing, had filed a police complaint claiming that they worked as labourers in Shopian.

The police launched an investigation where they collected and matched DNA samples procured by from the three families from Rajouri.

Vijay Kumar the Inspector General of Polie, Kashmir on Friday said, “The DNA report has come and matching has taken place.”