‘Thank god they did not lose their lives’: Omar calls for ‘transparent’ Army probe into ‘ill-treatment’ of civilians

The Chief Minister said this is not the archetypal incidental wherever radical person been beaten up. “Thank God these radical did not suffer their lives arsenic we person seen incidents wherever radical were called by constabulary to their camps and person mislaid their lives,” helium said.

On Thursday, the Army’s White Knight Corps said successful a station connected X: “Based connected circumstantial quality of the determination of a radical of terrorists successful Kishtwar sector, an cognition was launched by Rashtriya Rifles connected November 20. There are immoderate reports connected the alleged ill-treatment of civilians during the behaviour of the operation. An probe is being launched to ascertain the facts. Necessary follow-up enactment volition beryllium ensured.”

When contacted, Kishtwar Senior Superintendent of Police Javed Iqbal said constabulary were verifying the allegations.

The Army probe followed allegations that 4 men from Kuath colony were tortured successful custody. As per sources, the men received a telephone telephone connected Wednesday morning, asking them to study to an Army campy successful Kishtwar.

The telephone was made against the backdrop of the sidesplitting of a Junior Commissioned Officer of the Army and injuries to 3 soldiers successful Chask country connected November 10. Days earlier, connected November 7, 2 colony defence guards were abducted and killed by militants successful the Keshwan forests of Kishtwar.