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Published April 17, 2017
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The government has decided to stand by the Army officer who took the decision to use an alleged stone-pelter as a “human shield” tied to a jeep to steer his unit and Jammu and Kashmir officials and paramilitary personnel on election duty to safety.

The government has taken note of an Army probe into the April 9 incident which concluded that the commanding officer took the decision reluctantly and as the last resort after he realised that his unit had to pass through streets crowded with a mob of stone-pelters who had also taken positions on surrounding rooftops.

The trapped personnel included about a dozen local J&K employees, about 9-10 ITBP jawans, a couple of constables from J&K police and a bus driver.

Defence minister Arun Jaitley is likely to address the issue when he meets Army commanders on Monday. The government has appreciated that the controversial decision was taken in an extraordinary situation where the officer incharge of the unit had a difficult choice to make.

Indicating that the government feels the Army is being made a political target, minister of state for PMO and Udhampur MP Jitendra Singh told a J&K newspaper that “apologetic” Kashmir leaders were guilty of encouraging terrorism in the Valley. He said these leaders had lost the moral authority to make insinuations against Army personnel who they found a soft target while they lacked the the courage to condemn perpetrators of terrorism.

The Army brass is of the view that the unfortunate incident was unavoidable as the unit was surrounded by hundreds of protestors who were bent on violence.

As things turned out, the man used as a human shield was handed over to local authorities and no lives were lost. The video of the incident, released by former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah, went viral and sparked off protests by human rights activists and political parties. BJP has been more muted, saying the incident was being probed but the challenging situation the Army has to deal with on the ground must be appreciated.

The run-up to the byelections was been marked by strongly pro-separatist campaigning by the National Conference with its leader Farooq Abdullah in the fray. In a bid to mop up the “azadi” vote, he played to the gallery and was seen to have backed stone-pelters, leading to some sharp exchanges with J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti.

The bypolls in J&K have been particularly violent with separatists and pro-terrorist groups enforcing a near total boycott of polling.The EC was forced to order re-polling as Pakistan aligned groups in the Valley seemed determined to thwart the usual scenes of people lining up to vote which was held out by India as a success of the electoral process.


In the wake of prolonged violence last year following the encounter death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, separatists and Pakistani agencies have been keen to ensure that India could not claim validation of the participatory process in elections.
 
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Stands by??

The guy is a rockstar. High fives all around. Extra rounds at the Officers Mess for all.

Fauji WhatsApp groups buzzing. Israeli videos doing the rounds.

Its open season now. Best practices evolving and being refined on a day to day basis.

@Areesh

@third eye @hellfire

@Joe Shearer @Tshering22

Not surprised with celebrations. Expected this from your human rights violator fauj.
 
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I Can use a better words for your fauj too We share So much glorified history you enjoy with us

You are welcomed to use anything like you want to. You would get a kick for that.

My army is not celebrating tying kids to their vehicle so I don't give a f*ck to whatever you say. I would obviously call anyone with such mindset as inhuman. whether it is a random individual or a whole military.
 
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Well that was a wise thing to do. Otherwise how else could you have gotten back without hurting the mass?
 
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Not surprised with celebrations. Expected this from your chutya fauj.

Its not celebrations per se.

Its the relief, freedom and empowerment felt by the forces at now being able to respond without ones hands tied.

Did you not see that sardar choir leader in the Jeep? He was really into it.
 
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Do u want me to post few pics nd video of ur Army and its action in Baluchistan? Then u may realize which Army is chutya as well as hizra.

Go ahead. You have no relation with Balochistan and nobody in Baluchistan care either. Meanwhile in IOK people are even right now chanting and cheering for Pakistan.

Its not celebrations per se.

Its the relief, freedom and empowerment felt by the forces at now being able to respond without ones hands tied.

Did you not see that sardar choir leader in the Jeep? He was really into it.

Just shows the immature and non professional nature of Indian army. Nothing more.
 
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...you cannot use a human as a shield. This is wrong.
A Human Shield would be a person used as a shield to defend against an attack of some sort. The man tied to the front of the vehicle only functions as a HUMAN SHIELD- if and only if the vehicle is attacked. If vehicle is not attacked- he is just being transported on the hood of the truck tied up - and heading to a lock up. See where I'm going with this?
Whether or not he becomes a Human Shield is the responsibility of his pelting pals.
 
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international media picked up on the story, win win situation for Pak and Kashmiris

Indian economy has increased by almost 9 times since 1991(height of Kashmir millitancy) and has opened up for investment by the West,now nobody cares about Kashmir.Both of us know this.
 
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A Human Shield would be a person used as a shield to defend against an attack of some sort. The man tied to the front of the vehicle only functions as a HUMAN SHIELD- if and only if the vehicle is attacked. If vehicle is not attacked- he is just being transported on the hood of the truck tied up - and heading to a lock up. See where I'm going with this?
Whether or not he becomes a Human Shield is the responsibility of his pelting pals.

It is the question of ethics. Moreover, I don't think this action will stand legal scrutiny. The courts are going to rap the BSF.
 
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It is the question of ethics. Moreover, I don't think this action will stand legal scrutiny. The courts are going to rap the BSF.

SC judges should spend 1 year in Lal Chowk,Srinagar wearing tilak and priest-like clothes
 
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SC judges should spend 1 year in Lal Chowk,Srinagar wearing tilak and priest-like clothes

You have to be different from the terrorists. You are ethical force. Just because terrorists use humans as shield, you cannot use them.
 
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