Indian soldiers to be court-martialled for staging encounters in Kashmir

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

All because of promtion system in the IA that if you kill more you end up with better reports to show in field area for your promotions.

I think the IA should do away with the system of making a unit look better if they have more kills.Regions in Kupwara cannot be compared to Rajouri for kills but there is always a pressure from higher ups to have kills every month and local commanders who have this type of criminal mind tend to take up wrong paths to glory..

 

[Kompromat]

Step in the right direction. I hope it includes higher command COs too.

 

[qamar1990]

india acts on its crimes, indian army investigates every death in kashmir and if found guilty punishes unlike some other country that i will not name.

lets hope india send these pigs to the gallows right?

SRINAGAR: India has decided to court-martial two Indian army officers along with four soldiers for staging an encounter in Indian-occupied Kashmir in which three labourers were killed, according to BBC Urdu.

Colonel Rajesh Kalia, the Defence spokesperson for Indian Army’s northern command said the concerned ‘encounter’ occurred three years ago, and the decision to take action against the soldiers came after investigations over the incident had been completed.

The incident happened in the last week of 2010 in a village called ‘Maazhil” in District Kupwara, Northern Kashmir. Local police had investigated the incident and filed cases against nine Indian soldiers plus two Kashmiris working for the Indian army.

The army conducted its own investigation though, headed by Brigadier Sanga.

Colonel Kalia said: “The people want rapid justice for the incident and our decision reflects their sentiments.’

When news of the sham encounter first broke in 2010, Kashmiris led large-scale protests against the killings for a long time. To quell the protests, Indian paramilitary troops and police fired at the protesters and shot dead over 120 civilians, injuring hundreds and arresting a large number of young boys as well.

A few months ago, the army conducted a two-week operation to hunt down suspected rebels in disputed Kashmir after a series of gunbattles in which at least eight alleged militants were killed.

Not the first fake encounter

BBC Urdu reported that in a separate incident in 2010, some time before the then US President Bill Clinton arrived in India for a visit, as many as 35 Sikh civilians were killed in an area in Northern Kashmir.

Subsequently, the Indian army claimed to have been in an ‘encounter’ in which they had killed the alleged terrorists from Pakistan who perpetrated the above incident. To quell the demonstrations, Indian paramilitary troops and police fired at the people, killing over 120 civilians, injuring hundreds and arresting thousands of young boys.

As official investigations disclosed later, though, the people killed by the Indian Army were innocent civilians, who were burned down alive inside their houses.

Indian soldiers to be court-martialled for staging encounters in Kashmir – The Express Tribune

these pigs need to sent to the gallows, good job india for once.

 

[Chronos]

That is why I am proud of Indian Army,justice will be served!

There were Human right violations in Kashmir.

Maybe to the extent that we were never told about. We may never fully grasp the magnitude either. But most important thing is, if India claims Kashmir to be part of india then it has a responsibility towards Kashmiris as Indian citizens

Although it is a good step but one has to wonder how many other incidents were swept under the rug, I dont care what you say any military tries its best to save its officers and soldiers from persecution (something to do about loyalty among the ranks), its only when the thing gets really out of control that things get reported, anyways great move by the IA....

I agree with you. Not only Kashmir, but the tribal areas in India as well.

 

[acetophenol]

There were Human right violations in Kashmir.

Maybe to the extent that we were never told about. We may never fully grasp the magnitude either. But most important thing is, if India claims Kashmir to be part of india then it has a responsibility towards Kashmiris as Indian citizens



I agree with you. Not only Kashmir, but the tribal areas in India as well.

Thats no secret! Almost every nation operating in hostile conditions (foreign or domestic) had their share of human rights violations. We had such issues in Sri Lanka,Peace keeping missions etc.

 

[Chronos]

Thats no secret! Almost every nation operating in hostile conditions (foreign or domestic) had their share of human rights violations. We had such issues in Sri Lanka,Peace keeping missions etc.

Indian army is huge, there are bad apples in every organisation

 

[Abingdonboy]

Indian army is huge, there are bad apples in every organisation

The Indian army is mammoth, the Kashmir insurgency has been ongoing for decades, the insurgency has been bloody and brutal, the Indian army men, like all soldiers, are trained for combat and to kill- put all these together and unfortunately you are going to get such despicable incidents. This story is as old as the hills, it had happened in every war/conflict you can name. Even still the number of such incidents are minuscule in comparison to the number of legitimate operations/kills.

Anyway good news the Indian Army is actively investigating all such claims and rubbishing the malicious/false allegations and going after it's own when the claims are found to be valid. This highlights the IA's professionalism.

 

[rockstarIN]

Kudos to our Army for their action!

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

SRINAGAR: India has decided to court-martial two Indian army officers along with four soldiers for staging an encounter in Indian-occupied Kashmir in which three labourers were killed, according to BBC Urdu.

Colonel Rajesh Kalia, the Defence spokesperson for Indian Army’s northern command said the concerned ‘encounter’ occurred three years ago, and the decision to take action against the soldiers came after investigations over the incident had been completed.

The incident happened in the last week of 2010 in a village called ‘Maazhil” in District Kupwara, Northern Kashmir. Local police had investigated the incident and filed cases against nine Indian soldiers plus two Kashmiris working for the Indian army.

The army conducted its own investigation though, headed by Brigadier Sanga.

Colonel Kalia said: “The people want rapid justice for the incident and our decision reflects their sentiments.’

When news of the sham encounter first broke in 2010, Kashmiris led large-scale protests against the killings for a long time. To quell the protests, Indian paramilitary troops and police fired at the protesters and shot dead over 120 civilians, injuring hundreds and arresting a large number of young boys as well.

A few months ago, the army conducted a two-week operation to hunt down suspected rebels in disputed Kashmir after a series of gunbattles in which at least eight alleged militants were killed.

Not the first fake encounter

BBC Urdu reported that in a separate incident in 2010, some time before the then US President Bill Clinton arrived in India for a visit, as many as 35 Sikh civilians were killed in an area in Northern Kashmir.

Subsequently, the Indian army claimed to have been in an ‘encounter’ in which they had killed the alleged terrorists from Pakistan who perpetrated the above incident. To quell the demonstrations, Indian paramilitary troops and police fired at the people, killing over 120 civilians, injuring hundreds and arresting thousands of young boys.

As official investigations disclosed later, though, the people killed by the Indian Army were innocent civilians, who were burned down alive inside their houses.

Indian soldiers to be court-martialled for staging encounters in Kashmir – The Express Tribune

All involved are local Kashmiris enrolled into Indian Army... they must have tried to resolve a family feud in the garb of this fake encounter. This practice was common at the time of Khalistani militancy in Punjab.