Sanjha Morcha

Army Chief junks UN report on J&K as motivated

New Delhi, June 27

Backed by a strong record of probing and dealing with alleged human rights violations in Kashmir, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday slammed a UN report, terming it “motivated”.The human rights record of the Army, he said, was well known to the people of Kashmir and to the international community. In the past 24 years, starting 1994 till May 31, there have been a total 1,037 allegations of human rights violations against the Army in Kashmir. A probe has been completed in 1,022 of these allegations and only 15 are pending investigation.After the probe, only 31 allegations were found correct, while 991 were baseless. A total of 70 personnel have faced punishment in these 31 cases. In 18 such cases the victims have been given compensation too. He said: “…I don’t think we should get too concerned about the report. Some of these reports are motivated.” — TNS