Srinagar: The Crime Branch has sought 12 weeks in Tufail Matoo killing case to investigate the matter thoroughly.
The petitioner has been asked to file response to the report within two weeks. In its status report, the Crime Branch has said that after re-opening the investigations and complying with the direction issued by the High Court, some officers, officials privy to the initial investigation were called by the Crime Branch Kashmir and re-examined.
The report filed by the Crime Branch says that Atiqa who had claimed to have witnessed the police official allegedly firing at the deceased (Tufail) on the fateful day was again summoned to the Crime Branch on April 7 and her version of the events was reheard.
The report adds that Atiqa gave some indication of the type of weapon used by the alleged police official which is very sparingly used by the police officials while dealing with law and order duties.
Tufail, a teenager was killed on June 11, 2010 when a teargas shell hit him on the head near Gani Memorial Stadium in Rajouri Kadal. “…in order to widen the scope of investigation beyond the recorded track, the concerned police station alongwith the adjacent police station have been asked to provide the log books of the vehicles which were in operation on the date of incident so as to investigate the aspect of the case related to the involvement or non involvement of the officials posted in the police station/posts bordering he area of the incident.”
Finally the Crime Branch has prayed that the time accorded by the High Court to it be extended by another 12 weeks at least so that all possible angles relevant to the case are pressed into investigation and case is brought to logical conclusion. (KNS)