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Mufti disbands SOG

Jammu March 11. The Jammu and Kashmir Government today disbanded the anti-militancy Special Operations Group, which faced allegations of human rights violations, and said action would be taken against those responsible for the violations.

``The group stands disbanded,'' the Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, said intervening during question hour in the Assembly and added he was fulfilling an election pledge to check the unbridled authority of the SOG. The force would be assimilated into the regular police force.

PTI

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