Indian Army Ties Kashmiri Man to Jeep and Parades Him Through Villages
By SAMEER YASIR and ELLEN BARRYAPRIL 16, 2017
CHILL-BRASS, Kashmir — As Indian forces have tried to quell a Pakistan-supported insurgency in the Kashmir region, stories
have circulated for decades about Indian officers’ rough treatment of young men accused of backing the militants.
It will give Kashmiris another reason to hate India." The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir State, Mehbooba Mufti, met with Gen. Bipin Rawat, the head of the Indian Army, on Saturday, warning
that the video would deepen hostility toward Indian forces among Kashmiris.
that beaten ruthlessly a
" H. S. Panag, a retired lieutenant general, wrote on Twitter.
that Image of a ‘stone pelter’ tied in front of a jeep as a ‘human shield,’ will 4 ever haunt the Indian Army & the nation,
Mr. Dar, who spoke to Indian reporters on Friday, said in an interview
that he was detained by an army unit on April 9, on his way to a relative’s funeral, and then beaten with sticks and guns.
General Rawat assured Ms. Mufti that military officials would take action against
those who tied Mr. Dar to the jeep, according to The Press Trust of India.
It showed a young man tied to the front bumper of a military jeep as it patrolled
villages, apparently serving as a human shield against stone-throwing crowds.
