Parrikar assures Mufti of Handwara firing probe
During a meeting on Wednesday, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar assured Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti of a "detailed, time-bound probe" to fix responsibility for the Handwara incident. Mufti urged Parrikar to announce adequate compensation for the victims' kin. People were killed in clashes between security forces and locals over the alleged molestation of a schoolgirl by an Army man.