Firefight spot not wedding venue: J&K DGP Shesh Paul Vaid

Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police Dr Shesh Paul Vaid urged the youth to keep away from encounter sites, saying they were not the venue for  “marriage of terrorists” and that a “bullet does not distinguish between a stone pelter, young boy, soldier or militant”. 

“It has trajectory and it will hit,” said Vaid on Thursday during a live Twitter question-answer session. “I will again tell you that the people should not come near encounter sites. They are responsible for their own deaths.” 

Vaid’s statement comes a day after four civilians were killed in a crossfire in Kulgam district. He later observed that the person to the pose the question, Twitter-user Abu Hamza, must be from Pakistan.