Overview
- Family members and village elders recorded statements before the magistrate leading the Ganderbal inquiry as police ran background checks on the deceased and his relatives.
- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ordered a magisterial probe with a one-week timeline for completion.
- The Army said it neutralised a terrorist during a joint operation at Arhama on April 1 and reported the recovery of a weapon and ammunition.
- Relatives identified the dead man as 31-year-old Rashid Ahmad Mughal, denied any militancy links, and asked for his body to be returned for burial.
- Political leaders pressed for openness, with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah seeking a public release of the report and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti calling the killing a fake encounter.