FIR filed against deceased Awantipora teacher!

SRINAGAR — A day after stating that a teacher from Awantipora died in its custody, police on Monday filed FIR under RPC section for “escape or attempts to escape from custody”.

Amid the new twist, the magisterial inquiry at Srinagar has been also closed and a fresh magisterial inquiry has been initiated in Pulwama district of south Kashmir and a report sought in “four weeks”.

“A case under FIR number 09/2019 under section 224 RPC (a person escapes or attempts to escape from custody in which he is lawfully detained for any such offence) has been registered,” a police officer said.

The punishment under 224 RPC section is in addition to the punishment for which the person to be apprehended or detained in custody was liable for the offence with which he was charged, or of which he was convicted.

On Tuesday, a police spokesman said: “In pursuance of terror case investigation, one suspect Rizwan Pandit resident of Awantipora was in police custody. The person died in police custody. In this matter, while following the procedure laid down in section 176 of CrPC, a magisterial inquiry is underway. Separately, the police investigation has also been initiated in the jurisdictional area of the incident.”

Rizwan was principal of Sabir Abdullah Jobwarara Awantipora School, a private school and according to his family, he was detained two days back.

Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said that after the police informed that the incident occurred in Khrew area of Pulwama following which the case has been shifted to Pulwama.

Now Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR) Pulwama, Qazi Masood has been appointed as an inquiry officer and a report has been sought in four weeks, an official from district administration Pulwama said.