NHRC questions govt on Kupwara incident
Thursday, August 31, 2006 (New Delhi):
http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&slug=NHRC+questions+govt+on+Kupwara+incident&id=92418
NDTV
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought comments from
the Union Defence Secretary over the killing of three civilians in
Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Taking
suo-motu cognizance of a newspaper report, which said that three
civilians were mistakenly killed by Army personnel in Kupwara, the
Commission observed that if news item were true, it raised a serious
matter of violation of human rights of citizens.
The Commission
has directed that a copy of the newspaper report be sent to the Defence
Secretary, Government of India, for his comments within two weeks.
The
report, published on August 13, stated that two villagers, Ghulam
Mohiuddin Tantray and Rubina, had gone to a jungle near their homes in
a group of around 13 persons to fetch firewood.
As the group was
moving towards the jungle, a team of the 33 Rashtriya Rifles, led by
Captain S Srivastava, opened fire and the two persons died on the spot.
According
to the report, the Army called it a case of mistaken identity. It
stated that defence spokesman Col Hemant Juneja conveyed Army's regret
over the killing and said adequate compensation will be given to the
family of the deceased.
It also mentioned that in another incident, a civilian was killed by a stray bullet in Bugam village of the same district. (PTI)
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