Fake encounter killing of innocent people at the hands of the personnel of the armed forces has become customary in those parts of the country where the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act is in force. Rarely do such incidents come to light except when some individual members of the armed forces come forward and speak the truth out. Only recently an army jawan, Abbas Hussain Shah of 161 Battalion of the Territorial Army in Gauntmullah, Baramullah, who himself was involved in the conspiracy, confirmed the killing of three youths on April 30 at Machil sector along the LoC in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. These young men were earlier lured from their village three days ago by a former special police officer and his accomplice on April 27 in the name of providing them work with the army, and handed over to an army Major, Opinder, for the set up encounter. After the fake encounter got exposed a Colonel was removed from his command and Major Opinder was suspended. The Army officers had claimed that the three young men were Pakistani terrorists and were killed during an encounter while infiltrating into the country, though inquiries later revealed that they were residents of Nadihal in Baramullah district.