 Seven policeman in Indian-administered Kashmir have been charged with murdering a man and trying to cover it up by saying he was a militant. They are charged with murdering a civilian and criminal conspiracy. Correspondents say the charges in Srinagar are highly unusual, and are the first to be brought in a series of alleged killings in faked gun battles. Human rights groups say thousands of people have disappeared during 18 years of insurgency against Indian rule. "The accused have been charged with criminal conspiracy, abduction, murder and destruction of evidence," said Farooq Ahmed, the senior police officer heading the investigation into the killings. The victim was Abdul Rehman Paddar, a 35-year-old carpenter, who was shot dead in cold blood in December. It is alleged the officers - including a senior superintendent of police and a deputy superintendent of police - picked up Mr Paddar in Srinagar then staged a gun battle, or so-called "fake encounter"....
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