Kashmir Incident: Pakistan army probes ‘torture’ death

However, a senior military official, who requested anonymity, denied any army involvement in the incident.

The Pakistani army is investigating the alleged torture of a youth that led to his death last week in Pakistan administered Kashmir, an official said on Thursday.

Mohammed Ali Murtaza’s family have accused the army of torture and claim the 26-year-old died while in its custody after going missing on 17 February near the de-facto border between Pakistan and India in the divided Kashmir region.

The Pakistan army has launched an inquiry to investigate the death but a senior military official, who requested anonymity, denied any army involvement in the incident.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 1^st, 2013.