Against the loss of innocent lives, not the operation of the security forces: Farooq Abdullah on the Amshipora case | India News


NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Saturday that he was not against the operations being carried out by the security forces in the valley, but against the loss of innocent lives during those operations. operations.

While speaking to ANI about the Amshipora case, where three Rajouri natives were killed in an encounter, Adbullah said: “We are not against any operation carried out by the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, but we are against the killing of innocent lives during operations.. ”

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the Lower House of Parliament, earlier today, the deputy for the National Conference also referred to reports that an Army investigation had found “first-sight evidence” that the Special Powers Act of the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) was outgunned during an anti-terrorist operation in Shopian earlier this year.

“The army has agreed that the three people who died in Shopian were killed by mistake and the government should provide huge compensation in this case,” Abdullah said.

Yesterday, the army chief, General Manoj Mukund Naravane, had said that the investigation of the Amshipora case will be carried out with the greatest fairness and will be brought to its logical conclusion.

Meanwhile, the Army said that it concluded the investigation ordered by the Army authorities on Operation Amshipora and added that during the operation the powers conferred by the Special Powers of the Armed Forces Act (AFSPA) of 1990 were exceeded.

According to an official statement, the investigation has yielded some prima facie evidence indicating that during the operation, the powers conferred by the 1990 AFSPA were exceeded and what the Chief of Staff of the Army (COAS) approved by the Army should and should not do. the Supreme Court. have been infringed.

Consequently, the competent disciplinary authority has ordered the initiation of a disciplinary process under the Army Law against those who prima facie respond.

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