Srinagar, July 25 -- PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday also demanded a time-bound probe into the death of an alleged drug peddler in cross-firing with police in Jammu city.

"Mohammad Parvez a tribal youth was killed by the police at Surat Chak, Police Station in Satwari yesterday. He's now been labelled as a drug dealer but even that may be the case we still live in a democratic country where justice is served through rule of law as opposed to khap panchayats or kangaroo courts," the former chief minister said in a post on X.

She demanded an impartial inquiry into the incident.

"Sincerely hope the DG takes cognisance of this shocking incident by ordering a time bound impartial probe. We must not descend or condone a culture of ext...