Taking cognisance of a complaint alleging rights violation in the ‘human shield’ incident involving the Army in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Defence Ministry seeking details of the action taken on it.
The complaint was filed by a Bhubaneswar-based activist, who alleged that the Army had violated the law by tying a man to a jeep and using him as a “human shield” against stone-pelting in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir in April. The complainant, Akhand, of the Civil Society Forum on Human Rights, said he had approached the NHRC around mid-April and submitted a letter to it in connection with the incident. Congress leader Saifuddin Soz too had urged the commission to take cognisance of the incident, sources said.
As per the NHRC case details, the commission had last month ordered a copy of the complaint to be sent to the authorities concerned and sought an action taken report from them within four weeks.
