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Kashmir rights panel slams staged shootouts
Thursday July 19, 2012 09:30:57 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar: The Jammu
and Kashmir Human Rights Commission (JKHRC) Thursday said "killing
for sport" by security personnel who expect undue promotions and
rewards for such illegal operations should be stopped.
"There must be some check and balance which will deter such type
of security personnel from undertaking these incidents of 'killing
for sport' and then expect undue promotions and rewards for such
illegal operation," said commission member Javaid Kawos.
The panel was hearing a petition filed by a man from north Kashmir
whose son was allegedly branded as a separatist guerrilla and
killed in a staged shootout in 2000.
Members of the special operations group of the Jammu and Kashmir
Police and personnel of the 28 and 30 Rashtriya Rifles were
involved in the operation in which Muhammad Akbar Tantray and
another youth from Baramulla district were killed.
"I again recommend that before granting awards, rewards and
promotions in favour of men in uniform for showing exemplary
courage to combat militancy and for safeguarding the security of
the state, there must be an in-house committee to probe and
enquire about the veracity and authenticity of the incident(s) and
then only in genuine incidents the men in uniform must be duly
encouraged," said commission member Javaid Kawos.
The commission directed police to reopen the case and start
investigations to bring those responsible for the staged shootout
to justice.
Ghulam Rasool Tantray, father of Muhammad Akbar Tantray, alleged
that his son was picked up by the security forces Jan 29-30, 2000
along with the other youth.
Muhammad Akbar Tantray was killed, along with the other youth, in
Divar Lolab village of Kupwara district and identified as a
"foreign militant" Jan 31, 2000.
The complainant father later identified the body of his son
through a photograph taken by villagers who buried the body after
it was handed over to them by the security personnel.
The commission come down heavily on the then district magistrate
of Kupwara district holding that "the then deputy commissioner has
acted in the most callous and dictatorial manner".
The panel directed that the concerned district magistrate should
henceforth not be given any sensitive posting and the remarks of
the rights panel must be placed on the service record of the
officer.
The commission referred to the report of the state director
general of police (DGP) in this case wherein the police chief said
that the slain youth were not guerrillas.
The DGP's report said the youth who worked as an Imam in the
village mosque would deliver sermons instigating the youth to
indulge in anti-national activities.
"Such activities of the youth, if proved, may be an offence
against the state and taken care of under relevant provisions of
the Indian Penal Code, but in no way the subject could have been
killed in such a fake encounter," the commission said.
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