In an unfortunate incident, a boy was injured while Indian Army in Kashmir opened fire in Kulgam. An FIR has been registered against Army’s 10 Garhwal Unit. A 22 yr. old boy, Mr. Arif Ahmed was injured in the fire exchange between Army and a group pelting stones at a patrol party. The FIR has been registered against Army in the Kulgam Monday here.
A group of people started pelting stones at Army vehicles in the Howora village in Kulgam. Army opened fire at the group when clashes began and a boy was injured. The injured 22-year-old boy has been taken immediately to the district hospital Anantnag. The investigation has begun and the police have registered a routine FIR against Army’s 10 Garhwal unit. In their defense, Army officials said that they had opened fire in self-defense and that they were provoked by the mob.
Arif Ahmad was injured in the clashes while he along with others were pelting stones at a patrol party. In the Anantnag hospital, doctors said that the condition is stable and he has suffered injuries in the mouth.
Similar incidents had happened a week earlier and there had been an FIR registered against the army in Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti praised the Indian Army saying that it was one of the most disciplined forces in the world.
The compliments came a week after FIR was registered against an Army officer when three men were killed in a clash between Army soldiers and stone pelters in Shopian. The Army opened fire against a group of people who were pelting stones on the convoy. The FIR even led to some friction between PDP and its ally BJP.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti while addressing the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly on Friday said that the Army was most disciplined and vouched for the continuance of Armed Forces for peace and security in the state. Mufti said that the situation on the ground does not permit the revocation of AFSPA.
In violence-related incidents, five civilians were killed last month in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. On 27th January, last month there were three casualties in the clash between people of Ganowpora village and army. The police registered an FIR and have begun the investigation against the 10 Garhwal unit.
In their defense, Army said that they fired only in self-defense and that the stone pelters were provoking the administrative convoy in the area. On 25th January, a 10-year old boy was killed when people were clearing the debris after a gunfight between the security forces and the militants in Shaigam village of Shopian.
