Civilian Deaths In Jammu And Kashmir

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh - in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday to firefight protests over the death of three civilians being questioned by the Army - also met five others allegedly injured while in military custody.

A Brigade Commander of the Army has been asked to join the formal enquiry into the death of three civilians who were detained by troops for questioning in connection with a terrorist attack on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir.

Stern action will be taken in the death of three civilians after video surfaced of their detention by troops in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said, adding that the Indian Army has zero tolerance for violence against innocent civilians.

The army has ordered an investigation into the death of three civilians after they were detained by troops for questioning in connection with a terrorist attack on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir.

After the deaths of three civilians in the Rajouri encounter, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) President Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that the government should also include local people to gather information in such places affected by attacks.

The death toll in the terrorist attack on Dhangri village of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri has risen to seven with one more civilian succumbing to injuries at a hospital here on Sunday, officials said.

The death count in the suspected terrorist attack at Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district has climbed to four, after one of the injured civilians succumbed during treatment.

India on Wednesday summoned an official of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over the death of an "innocent civilian in unprovoked ceasefire violation" by Pakistani forces on January 11 in Sunderbani area of Jammu and Kashmir.

As reports of a former research scholar killed in a shootout reached his hometown Anantnag on Wednesday, clashes broke out, even as the authorities continued to face a separatist standoff protesting Sunday's civilian deaths in Kulgam for the second consecutive day.

An Army jawan and three civilians, including a 15-year-old, were killed in a gun battle between security forces and terrorists and the ensuing clashes in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, officials said. At least 35 people were injured when locals attacked security personnel with stones, they said.

The investigation into the death of three civilians killed in army firing in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian in January has been put on hold by the Supreme Court today.

A day after the father of the Army officer named in the case involving the deaths of three civilians in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian approached the Supreme Court challenging the First Information Report or FIR, the court has agreed to hear his plea on Monday. The petition by Lt Colonel Karamveer Singh, a serving officer of the Indian Army, says the ...

The father of the army officer named in the case involving the deaths of three men in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian, has approached the Supreme Court. The petition by Lt Colonel Karamveer Singh, a serving officer of the Indian army, challenges the police case and says it violates the fundamental rights of his son, Major Aditya Singh. The petition als...

Army soldiers charged with murder over the death of three civilians were "provoked to the ultimate", a top army commander in Jammu and Kashmir said on Wednesday, signaling his disapproval of the Mehbooba Mufti government naming an army officer in the police case for last week's firing at protesters that has cost three lives. Rayees Ahmad, 19, was t...

Army sources today said that its soldiers, charged with murder over the death of two civilians in firing on protesters at a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian, "opened fire in a desperate situation". A crowd of protesters injured a soldier with stones and "threatened to burn" him, the Army sources said amid a massive political row between the s...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh - in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday to firefight protests over the death of three civilians being questioned by the Army - also met five others allegedly injured while in military custody.

A Brigade Commander of the Army has been asked to join the formal enquiry into the death of three civilians who were detained by troops for questioning in connection with a terrorist attack on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir.

Stern action will be taken in the death of three civilians after video surfaced of their detention by troops in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said, adding that the Indian Army has zero tolerance for violence against innocent civilians.

The army has ordered an investigation into the death of three civilians after they were detained by troops for questioning in connection with a terrorist attack on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir.

After the deaths of three civilians in the Rajouri encounter, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) President Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that the government should also include local people to gather information in such places affected by attacks.

The death toll in the terrorist attack on Dhangri village of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri has risen to seven with one more civilian succumbing to injuries at a hospital here on Sunday, officials said.

The death count in the suspected terrorist attack at Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district has climbed to four, after one of the injured civilians succumbed during treatment.

India on Wednesday summoned an official of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over the death of an "innocent civilian in unprovoked ceasefire violation" by Pakistani forces on January 11 in Sunderbani area of Jammu and Kashmir.

As reports of a former research scholar killed in a shootout reached his hometown Anantnag on Wednesday, clashes broke out, even as the authorities continued to face a separatist standoff protesting Sunday's civilian deaths in Kulgam for the second consecutive day.

An Army jawan and three civilians, including a 15-year-old, were killed in a gun battle between security forces and terrorists and the ensuing clashes in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, officials said. At least 35 people were injured when locals attacked security personnel with stones, they said.

The investigation into the death of three civilians killed in army firing in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian in January has been put on hold by the Supreme Court today.

A day after the father of the Army officer named in the case involving the deaths of three civilians in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian approached the Supreme Court challenging the First Information Report or FIR, the court has agreed to hear his plea on Monday. The petition by Lt Colonel Karamveer Singh, a serving officer of the Indian Army, says the ...

The father of the army officer named in the case involving the deaths of three men in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian, has approached the Supreme Court. The petition by Lt Colonel Karamveer Singh, a serving officer of the Indian army, challenges the police case and says it violates the fundamental rights of his son, Major Aditya Singh. The petition als...

Army soldiers charged with murder over the death of three civilians were "provoked to the ultimate", a top army commander in Jammu and Kashmir said on Wednesday, signaling his disapproval of the Mehbooba Mufti government naming an army officer in the police case for last week's firing at protesters that has cost three lives. Rayees Ahmad, 19, was t...

Army sources today said that its soldiers, charged with murder over the death of two civilians in firing on protesters at a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian, "opened fire in a desperate situation". A crowd of protesters injured a soldier with stones and "threatened to burn" him, the Army sources said amid a massive political row between the s...