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==Enquiry Commission indicts BSF==
The [[government of India]] ordered a magisterial inquiry into the killings and withdrew the BSF unit stationed in Bijbehara. {{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} Director General Prakash Singh, at the time the BSF
The Enquiry Magistrate's report was submitted to the government on 13 November 1993. It concluded that "firing upon the procession was absolutely unprovoked and the claim made by the security forces that they were forced to retaliate against the firing of militants for self-defence is baseless and concocted". The Enquiry Magistrate's report further stated that "The security personnel have committed [the] offence out of vengeance and their barbarous act was deliberate and well planned". The report indicted the Deputy Commandant of the BSF, JK Radola, for "tacit approval given by him to the indiscriminate and un-provoked firing."<ref name="ReferenceA">Enquiry Magistrate report, number EN/BFC/93/23-24, unable to locate online reference</ref>
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