Srinagar, June 6 (ANI): An Army Major named in the alleged fake encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir has been suspended on Sunday.Another Army Colonel has also been removed from command.The action came after State Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met senior officials of the Army and police at a high level meeting here today.The meeting was attended by senior commanders of the Army, state''s police chief and state intelligence officials.Commenting on the issue, Abdullah said, "There is a need for transparency. Army is judge, jury and hangman.''''Earlier, Abdullah had rubbished all reports that the State Government tried to hush up the matter."Machali encounter did not come to light due to some protest. Separatists did not tell us to investigate, nor the opposition, or the locals. The police have initiated the investigation on its own. If we wanted to hush it up, why would we initiate investigation into it?" he added.The Jammu and Kashmir Police have filed a case of abduction and murder against a few security personnel for an encounter in which three people were killed on April 30. Security forces had claimed that they had killed three infiltrators and recovered five AK47 rifles, ammunition and Pakistani currency from them in the Machali sector.According to reports, the Jammu and Kashmir Police found that the men killed by the security forces were actually innocent civilians, who were reported missing from a village in Baramulla District. (ANI)
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Evidence of Maoist links with northeast insurgents: Pillai
Home Secretary G K Pillai said on Saturday there was evidence of Maoists establishing links with insurgents in the northeastern region."We have evidence that the Maoists have come to the northeast and tried to establish links with the insurgent groups in the region," Pillai said.Thuingaleng Muivah, leader of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), has admitted that the Maoists had approached him. Intelligence sources said that powerful Naga separatist group helped the Maoists in arms-smuggling through Myanmar and Bangladesh.The Maoists also established links with the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the Manipur-based People’s Liberation Army militant outfit.Asked why the army is not deployed to tackle the growing Maoist menace, Pillai said: "We are trying to reclaim all those areas where there is a vacuum in governance rather than deploying the army and we are slowly winning back the confidence of tribal people in those areas."He said that the government has been successful in reclaiming these villages from Maoist dominance and "development works are slowly picking up in Kanker and Bastar areas of Chhattisgarh"."This is a small achievement I know, but the beginning has been great as far as a long-term solution to tackling Maoist insurgency and winning back the confidence of tribal people goes," the home secretary said.
J-K fake encounter case: Major suspended, Colonel removed
Srinagar, June 6 (ANI): An Army Major named in the alleged fake encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir has been suspended on Sunday.Another Army Colonel has also been removed from command.The action came after State Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met senior officials of the Army and police at a high level meeting here today.The meeting was attended by senior commanders of the Army, state''s police chief and state intelligence officials.Commenting on the issue, Abdullah said, "There is a need for transparency. Army is judge, jury and hangman.''''Earlier, Abdullah had rubbished all reports that the State Government tried to hush up the matter."Machali encounter did not come to light due to some protest. Separatists did not tell us to investigate, nor the opposition, or the locals. The police have initiated the investigation on its own. If we wanted to hush it up, why would we initiate investigation into it?" he added.The Jammu and Kashmir Police have filed a case of abduction and murder against a few security personnel for an encounter in which three people were killed on April 30. Security forces had claimed that they had killed three infiltrators and recovered five AK47 rifles, ammunition and Pakistani currency from them in the Machali sector.According to reports, the Jammu and Kashmir Police found that the men killed by the security forces were actually innocent civilians, who were reported missing from a village in Baramulla District. (ANI)
