Srinagar, March 10 -- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday ordered a thorough probe into the killing of three civilians in Kathua district even as Union minister Jitendra Singh called it a terror act.
A team has been formed to investigate the case, a senior police officer said.
The bodies of Varun Singh (15), his paternal uncle Yogesh Singh (32) and maternal uncle Darshan Singh (40) were recovered from the Ishu nullah in the remote Malhar area on Saturday. The trio had gone missing on March 5 during a wedding function.
"I have ordered a thorough and transparent investigation, and all the necessary support to the families will be provided," the LG said in a post on X.
He said he was shocked and saddened at the brutal killing of the ...