Srinagar, May 25 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has expressed resentment over awarding Indian Army Major, Leetul Gogoi, with the Army Chief’s Commendation Card for using a youth as a human shield by tying him to an army jeep and parading him through several villages.
The JI Spokesman, Advocate Zahid Ali, in a statement issued in Srinagar said, “This act justifies all the human rights violations and sends a clear message to the Kashmiri people that they can be subjected to any humiliation without any apprehension of accountability for the Indian troops committing such crimes.”
“This is also an open and free sanction to the Indian Army to commit any atrocity against or violate any fundamental human rights of the people in Kashmir,” he added.
“Kill a Kashmiri and get the Army Chief’s Commendation Card. This is the alarming situation the people in the Valley have been trapped in since 1990 as thousands of innocent persons mainly youth have been subjected to the worst kind of brutalities,” he said.