Pictures of the three dead youth had circulated on social media in August, and their families had identified them as their relatives and demanded a DNA test.
In a statement, Army said authority directed to initiate disciplinary proceedings under the Army Act after inquiry indicated that powers vested under AFSPA 1990 were exceeded.
Counter-terrrosim is not the main job of Indian Army and heavy deployment in such operations has led to a ‘Pakistan-centric thinking’, which is harmful.
Paddar was killed with four other suspected militants, including a sociology professor at the University of Kashmir, in an encounter at Badigam in south Kashmir’s Shopian.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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