Srinagar, March 6, 2012: In Srinagar, the authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have admitted that more than 400 cases of human rights abuses against Indian troops and other paramilitary forces personnel were registered in different police station in Jammu and Kashmir.
444 cases were registered against the Indian paramilitary forces and police in Jammu and Kashmir during the last three years, puppet Chief Minister Omar Abdullah informed the so-called Assembly on Monday March 5.
Of these FIRs lodged in connection with various offences, 304 have been registered in Jammu division and 140 in Kashmir division, he said adding that the highest number of 97 cases have been registered in Jammu followed by 88 in Doda district and 36 in Srinagar district followed by 15 in Baramulla and 14 in Sopore, 10 in Ganderbal and five each in Handwara, Kulgam and Kupwara district respectively. “In Jammu province, Jammu tops the list with 97 cases having been registered against forces. It is followed by Doda with 88 cases, Udhampur with 29 cases, Reasi with 24, Ramban with 21, and Poonch and Kistshwar with 19 cases each,” the authority further disclosed.
The black law, Armed Forces Special Powers Act, prevents prosecution of Indian armed forces in Kashmir. India's defence ministry has resisted moves to revoke the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Kashmir.
According to the reports of regime led by Omar Abdullah in Kashmir, 444 Indian troops, police and other forces officials have been charged in the past three years.
Nearly 300 cases have been seen in local courts, the administration said on Monday in a written response to the Jammu and Kashmir so-called Assembly.
Human rights activists say the Indian authorities are forcing the regime led by regime and authorities in Kashmir to move slowly on these cases.
Kashmiri officials have been pleading with Delhi to scrap the AFSPA so they can proceed with prosecuting security officials against whom cases are pending.
The FIRs had lodged in different police stations against the Indian paramilitary forces personnel, including those belonging to the police, the authority said in a written reply in the assembly in Jammu.