Jammu, Sep 24: A Jammu and Kashmir Police constable was formally arrested in connection with the killing of a Gujjar youth in a firing incident near here in July, officials said on Wednesday.

People’s Democratic Party president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti welcomed the development as a “crucial step towards justice” and said “it is a reminder that no one, not even those in uniform, is above the law.”

Mohammad Parvez, a 21-year-old from Niki Tawi, was shot dead by police, allegedly in a shootout near Sure Chak village on the outskirts of Jammu city on July 24.

The incident sparked vociferous protests by the Gujjar community, who rejected the police version that the youth was a drug peddler and claimed that he was killed in a “fake encounter”.

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