Jammu, Aug. 1 -- Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday visited the family of 21-year-old Parvez Ahmed, a Gujjar youth allegedly killed on July 24 in Surey Chak, Jammu. Condemning the incident as a "cold-blooded murder," she dismissed police claims of Parvez's involvement in drug peddling and called it a "fake encounter."

"Such extra-judicial killings have no place in a democracy. This is state-sponsored terror targeting Gujjar-Bakerwal communities," Mufti said, demanding a time-bound judicial probe.

Mufti highlighted a disturbing pattern of violence against Gujjar-Bakerwals in 2024-25. Citing cases of alleged custodial deaths, staged encounters, and disappearances-including that of Makhan Din in Kathua, thre...