SRINAGAR: The Army said on Friday that the recent raid in which a lecturer was killed in the valley wasn't sanctioned and such acts by soldiers won't be tolerated. It expressed regret over the death in the raid in Khrew area of Pulwama district and ordered an inquiry into the incident.
"These raids were not sanctioned. Nobody can support it (the killing) and it will not be tolerated," Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda told reporters. He added that an inquiry would be conducted into the violence that took place on the night of August 17 in Khrew in which Shabir Ahmad Monga, a lecturer, was killed, and 18 others wounded.
Shabir and others were beaten up by soldiers for resisting house-to-house searches by the Army looking for stone-pelters. "Shabir was ruthlessly beaten up by the Army and was declared dead on arrival by doctors in Pampore hospital," locals alleged.
Gen Hooda made an appeal to the separatists to come forward to help restore peace. "My appeal is for calm. We have to sit down, put our heads together and see if we can find a way out of this situation. So everybody, who is in anyway involved in J&K, needs to introspect and see what can be done. It is not person or one organisation which can do it (alone)," he was quoted by PTI as saying.
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"These raids were not sanctioned. Nobody can support it (the killing) and it will not be tolerated," Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda told reporters. He added that an inquiry would be conducted into the violence that took place on the night of August 17 in Khrew in which Shabir Ahmad Monga, a lecturer, was killed, and 18 others wounded.
Shabir and others were beaten up by soldiers for resisting house-to-house searches by the Army looking for stone-pelters. "Shabir was ruthlessly beaten up by the Army and was declared dead on arrival by doctors in Pampore hospital," locals alleged.
Gen Hooda made an appeal to the separatists to come forward to help restore peace. "My appeal is for calm. We have to sit down, put our heads together and see if we can find a way out of this situation. So everybody, who is in anyway involved in J&K, needs to introspect and see what can be done. It is not person or one organisation which can do it (alone)," he was quoted by PTI as saying.
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