Srinagar : Hours after a top army commander in Kashmir called the police case against a Major-rank officer premature, the Army has filed a counter First Information Report, or FIR, over the attack on its soldiers that had forced them to open fire at protesters in south Kashmir’s Shopian district last week.
In its complaint, sources told NDTV that the army had not identified the people who had attacked its convoy with stones and bricks, endangering the lives of soldiers and damaged government property. It is for the police to probe the case, identify the suspects and prosecute them.
Three people had died in the firing which escalated tensions and protests in the Kashmir valley.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had then assured people that the police case against the army would be taken to its logical conclusion.
But a political row erupted soon after when it transpired that the state government’s FIR had named the army Major who was leading the convoy that had come under attack.
On Monday, the Chief Minister attempted to mollify angry BJP lawmakers in the state assembly, telling them her government had filed the FIR only after consulting Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. "She told me that I should take action if any carelessness or anything wrong has happened," Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti told the assembly.
