JAMMU: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said two personal security officers (PSOs) of her daughter Iltija Mufti have been placed under suspension after the young leader’s unscheduled visit to Kathua to meet the family of a youth, who died by suicide after police torture.
Makhan Din (25), a Gujjar youth from Billawar area of Kathua, ended his life by consuming insecticide at his home on Tuesday evening and recorded the act on a video claiming innocence. He denied any connection with terrorists, prompting separate probes by the police and the local administration.
On her return to Jammu after her visit on Sunday, Iltija demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident along with the killing of a truck driver Waseem Mir, who was shot dead by the Army after he jumped a check-post in Baramulla district of north Kashmir on Wednesday.