NEW DELHI – Indian Occupied Kashmir former CM Mehbooba Mufti has said thatan Army officer, Major Shukla, had tortured Tawseef Wani at the Shadimargcamp of the Army and threatened to kill him in an encounter.
“Kashmir is a political issue and cannot be resolved through militarypower,” Mufti tweeted.
“Army men hailed as heroes for their bravery also need to beheld’accountable if they commit human rights violations,” she said.
Playing down the statements of former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti andOmar Abdullah targeting the army, a top official Thursday said suchstatements do not affect the morale of the Indian armed forces and willcontinue anti-terrorism operation “as per our mandate”, PTI has reported.
“The Indian army does not get affected by various statements. We know thatthe Government of India is committed to ensuring peace and normalcy inJammu and Kashmir.”They have mandated the Indian army to conduct counterterrorism ‘operations in Jammu and Kashmir and those operations are beingconducted,” Northern army commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh told reporters here.
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He was replying to a volley of questions seeking his reaction about thestatements of Mufti and Abdullah targeting the army on counter insurgencyoperations in Kashmir and their effects on morale of troops.”We willcontinue to do so (counter terrorism operations). These statements does notaffect the moral of the’armed forces, if any person makes any statement tothe contrary”, he said.
He said that the strength of the Indian army lies in “our ability to carryout action and tactical operations in most professional manner”.”It (thestatements of politicians) has certainly not impacted as far as morale ofthe Indian armed forces is concerned”, he added.