The Jammu and Kashmir government today ordered a magisterial probe into the killing of three persons including two women in army firing at Qazigund in Anantnag district on Monday and asked the inquiry officer to submit his report with 15 days.

The Army has already ordered an inquiry into the incident. District Development Commissioner, Kulgam ordered the magisterial inquiry into the killing of three persons - Showkat Ahmad Itoo, Seda Begum and Nelofar - in a firing incident at Churat near Qazigund, 80 km from Srinagar on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway on Monday.

According to a government notification, Additional District Magistrate Ghulam Hassan Sheikh has been appointed as the inquiry officer. "He (Sheikh) will hold the inquiry into the circumstances which led to the incident and submit the report within 15 days," the notification read. Regretting the incident, the Army on Tuesday had ordered an inquiry into the incident and assured all possible assistance to the bereaved families and six others who were injured in the "unfortunate" incident.

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