Over 100 Armymen including 48 officers have faced punitive action in cases related to human right violations in Jammu and Kashmir over the last two decades, Army said on Wednesday.
"As many as 1,514 FIRs have been registered against Army personnel for alleged human rights violations in the last 20 years of militancy", Brigadier General Staff (BGS), Northern Command, Sanjay Verma said.
He said that out of these 1,508 cases have been investigated while probe is continuing in the remaining six cases.
"As many as 1,473 complaints - nearly 97 per cent of the cases-- were found false and baseless," Verma said.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
97% FIRs against army in kashmir is baseless
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