Indian Troops Found Guilty of Killing 2 Kashmiri
SRINAGAR: A high-level army court of inquiry probing the killing of two civilians in held Kashmir has found two soldiers guilty of “lapses”.
The defence ministry said that the inquiry had singled out a junior commissioned officer (JCO) and two other soldiers.
The inquiry relates to the killing of two Muslim men in Bumai.
Local residents said that soldiers fired without any provocation and the deaths sparked mass protests.
The Indian army authorities initially gave conflicting versions of the incident – in which a civilian was also injured – but finally ordered the court of inquiry.
Indian Troops Found Guilty of Killing 2 Kashmiri was first posted on March 21, 2009 at 11:58 am.
Canada For Peaceful Resolution To Kashmir issue
TORONTO: Canadian government has yet another time urged Indian government to find the peaceful solution to Kashmir issue saying, “Not only should Indian government respect the human rights of Kashmiri but also it must be resolved according to the wishes of the people of Kashmir.”
The Canadian foreign minister Laurence Cannon has written a letter to Mushtaq Jilani who is presently associated with Peace and Justice Forum.
In his letter he said that his country has several times encouraged both Indian and Pakistani government to find a peaceful resolution to Kashmir dispute.
Both countries must continue the process of composite dialogue to reach an agreement acceptable for three parties Pakistan, India and Kashmiri people, the letter also stated.
Canadian FM was quoted as saying, “Canada is in consultation with G8 countries in a bid to evolve durable peace in South Asia and Canadian High Commission in India insists on Indian government for the assurance of respect of human rights of Kashmiri people.”
His country will stay involved in resolving Kashmir row standing between India and Pakistan, he maintained.
Canada For Peaceful Resolution To Kashmir issue was first posted on March 20, 2009 at 10:43 am.
4 Paramilitary Troopers Suspended in Kashmir: Civilian Killing
Srinagar: Four paramilitary troopers, including an assistant commandant, were on Thursday suspended pending investigations into Wednesday’s firing in a south Kashmir village that left a carpenter dead.
Gulam Mohiuddin Malik, 35, was killed in allegedly unprovoked firing by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers in Kheegam village of Pulwama district, according to witnesses.
A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against the security forces with police asking CRPF officials to identify the accused troopers to complete the probe into the incident.
“The CRPF has suspended one assistant commandant and three constables allegedly involved in the firing incident in which one villager unfortunately lost his life”, B. Srinivas, inspector general of police (Kashmir Zone) told a media service here today.
Malik was shot dead when troopers of the 181 CRPF battalion were patrolling the village. The villagers claimed the troopers opened fire at the carpenter without any provocation.
CRPF spokesman Prabhakar Tripathi said: “A CRPF patrol had gone to the village for searches on specific information about the presence of militants. The patrol was fired upon by militants and they returned the fire. The body of one person was recovered from the spot.”
The killing, which sparked off protests in Pulwama, came when union Home Minister P. Chidambaram was on a day-long visit to the state. Chidambaram assured action against the army troopers found guilty of killing two youth in north Kashmir’s Bomai village Feb 21.
The situation in Kheegam was tense with hundreds of villagers refusing to bury the body of the slain carpenter until the guilty were punished.
Senior civil and police officers rushed to the spot to defuse the palpable tension.
4 Paramilitary Troopers Suspended in Kashmir: Civilian Killing was first posted on March 19, 2009 at 1:40 pm.
