Monday, 23 June 2014 Srinagar: A youth in Jammu and Kashmir has said that an Indian army officer of harassing him from past six months and is forcing him to join militant ranks.
Tajamul Ahmed Dar, a resident of Gotapora Soibugh, in central Kashmir's Budgam district said an Indian Army Major Pragh from 2-Rashtriya Rifls Fox Company deployed at Dhermuna Army camp is trying to label him as militant and every now and then the officer is conducting raids at his house accusing him being in league with militants.
“I am the father of one little girl. The frequent raids conducted by the Army Major are terrorizing my family and my wife and mother. I don’t understand why the Major is targeting me despite the fact that neither I have been a stone-pelter nor a militant,” Dar, who is a student of second year at Bemina Degree College in Srinagar, said.
He added that a few days before the Major 'crossed limits'. “The Army Major along with his soldiers barged into my house and destroyed the crop in the back yard of house. When I asked him why he is doing so, he told me that that he has information that you have dumped some arms in your house,” he said. The student added that the whole locality knows that he have never been in league with militants.
Dar, 20, said he informed local police about the frequent Army raids. "Police said that they can’t interfere into the affairs of the Army," he said.
“I appeal police chief and top Army brass to save me from this Army officer. He is forcing me to leave my house and family and join militant ranks. I am innocent and never can harm anyone,” he said. A top Army officer assured a news agency that he would look into the matter.