As army orders Court of Inquiry into ‘human shield’ incident

New Delhi/ April, 20: The army has ordered a Court of Inquiry into the controversial “human shield” incident in Kashmir in which a man was tied to an army vehicle purportedly as a shield against stone pelters. Meanwhile BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav has in a statement complimented an army officer responsible for tying a man to a jeep’s bonnet in Kashmir
Army sources said the CoI has been given one month’s time to complete the probe. A video, showing the man tied to an army vehicle as a shield against the stone pelters during polling in the Srinagar Lok Sabha by-election on April 9, triggered a public outcry.The CoI will look into the circumstance that prompted an army major to tie the Kashmiri youth to the jeep’s bonnet as a “human shield”.
Meanwhile BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav Thursday complimented an army officer responsible for tying a man to a jeep’s bonnet in Kashmir, saying “everything is fair in love and war” and the “harsh” decision saved lives of civilians and soldiers.
The saffron party’s pointsman for Jammu and Kashmir also said the current Kashmir situation is “certainly troubling” but expressed confidence that the PDP-BJP Government will handle it.
“The situation is difficult but such situations have been there in the Valley so many times before,” he told a news channel.
Agencies