JAMMU — The army on Friday said it has ordered an enquiry into the alleged manhandling of a civilian in J&K’s Rajouri district.
An incident has come to light wherein certain individuals were allegedly manhandled by army personnel in Rajouri district, a Defence Ministry statement said.
It said the army had an input on the likely movement of terrorists in a vehicle in this sensitive area, and accordingly, search operations were being conducted.
“However, an enquiry has been initiated. Should any personnel be found guilty of misconduct, strict action will be taken in accordance with the existing law,” the army said in the statement.
Reports said that on Thursday, a vehicle was stopped in the Sunderbani area of Rajouri at a ‘naka’ (checkpost) set up by the army.
The vehicle was carrying three persons going to a marriage function. Two of the three occupants of the vehicle got down and when they told the soldiers posted at the naka that the third occupant was a senior professor teaching in Delhi, the soldiers insisted that he should also deboard and this resulted in a scuffle.
There have been many incidents of high-handedness by men in uniform and unpleasant face-offs between the army and the civilians at some places in the valley where the culprits go unpunished. —With inputs from agencies
