New Delhi: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers did not follow the special procedures during a search operations in which 35-year old carpenter Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Malik was killed, admitted CRPF Additional Director General Karamvir Singh.
Singh said the CRPF was cooperating with the police and the accused jawans have been handed over to them.
Jammu and Kashmir government had ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident after violent protests by residents of the area.
Malik was shot dead by the soldiers of the 181 battalion of the CRPF in Kheegam village of Pulwama district on March 18.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army is also facing the heat in Sopore killings case.
An investigation by its own panel has found two jawans and a junior commissioned officer (JCO) of the Rashtriya Rifles guilty.
"The inquiry has held the junior commissioned officer and two soldiers of 22 Rashtriya Rifles, who were involved in the Bomai incident, accountable for various lapses," army spokesman said.
The killings sparked off protests in the Sopore prompting Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to order investigation into the incident.
The government's investigation indicted the army personnel but the army did not t accept it and called it invalid as the Armed Forces Special Powers Act is operational in Jammu and Kashmir.
After that the army ordered an investigation conducted under a Brigadier-level officer.
Mohammad Amin Tantray and Javid Ahmad were killed and another youth Firdous Ahmed was injured in the firing by the troops of 22 Rashtriya Rifles, sparking massive protests in the area.
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