Two days after the killing of a three year old boy and his father in south Kashmirs Shopian district,J-K police said that they are working on various leads to nab the assailants. Superintendent of Police Shopian,Shahid Mehraj said they have identified the militant group responsible for the killing of Mohammad Aslam Awan and his son Arif Ahmad at Kellar Shopian. Because of the investigations we can not reveal more, the SP said. We are working on various leads to zero in on the culprits. Even as no one has been arrested so far in the case,Police is likely to pick up few suspects in a day. Police sources said that few local contacts in Kellar who had helped militants in the killing have been identified and they are likely to be picked up for questioning. On the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday suspected militants had gunned down Awan and his son. While as police blamed militants for the killing,no militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the killing. The Shopian killing has attracted the attention of Chief Minister who termed the acts as ghastly saying it is unfortunate the stony silence was witnessed regarding yesterdays unfortunate incident in Shopian area where a man along with his three year old innocent child was killed. It is politics of hypocrisy, Omar Abdullah said at function in Radio Kashmir with out naming the separatists on Friday. If this crime would have been committed by security forces or the boy coming under a Army vehicle these elements would have raised all hue and cry. But this time they have preferred not to utter a word. No call of Shopian Chalo,Lal Chowk Chalo and no calendar of hartals has been given on this gruesome incident,why? Omar questioned. A death is a death and murder,a murder. He said that killing of a three year old is a gross violation of human rights but it has to be measured by equal standards. Meanwhile,the Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti along with Shopian MLA,visited the Awan family in Kellar on Friday to express sympathy with the bereaved family.
