Human Shield Incident In Kashmir

The court martial proceedings against Major Leetul Gogoi, who was at the centre of the 2017 ''human shield'' controversy, have been completed and he may face reduction in seniority as a punishment for "fraternising" with a local woman in Srinagar last year, officials said.

Now that Major Gogoi has been awarded COAS Commendation Card by Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat for "his sustained efforts in counter-insurgency operations", the Jammu and Kashmir Police have made it clear that the "investigation into the circumstances that led to the incident would continue".

Hindi film veteran and BJP MP Paresh Rawal has provoked a Twitter storm after suggesting that author Arundhati Roy should be tied to an army jeep, in a reference Kashmir's 'human shield' incident.

The army has ordered a Court of Inquiry into the controversial "human shield" incident in Kashmir in which a man was tied to an army vehicle purportedly as a shield against stone pelters.

The police in Jammu and Kashmir have filed a First Information Report or FIR against the Army for tying a man to a jeep allegedly as a "human shield" against protesters who took on security forces in the Valley over by-elections held last week.

The court martial proceedings against Major Leetul Gogoi, who was at the centre of the 2017 ''human shield'' controversy, have been completed and he may face reduction in seniority as a punishment for "fraternising" with a local woman in Srinagar last year, officials said.

Now that Major Gogoi has been awarded COAS Commendation Card by Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat for "his sustained efforts in counter-insurgency operations", the Jammu and Kashmir Police have made it clear that the "investigation into the circumstances that led to the incident would continue".

Hindi film veteran and BJP MP Paresh Rawal has provoked a Twitter storm after suggesting that author Arundhati Roy should be tied to an army jeep, in a reference Kashmir's 'human shield' incident.

The army has ordered a Court of Inquiry into the controversial "human shield" incident in Kashmir in which a man was tied to an army vehicle purportedly as a shield against stone pelters.

The police in Jammu and Kashmir have filed a First Information Report or FIR against the Army for tying a man to a jeep allegedly as a "human shield" against protesters who took on security forces in the Valley over by-elections held last week.