J&K State Human Rights Commission Awards 10 lakhs Compensation To Man Used As Human Shield

Apoorva Mandhani

11 July 2017 7:56 PM IST

  • J&K State Human Rights Commission Awards 10 lakhs Compensation To Man Used As Human Shield

    Reprimanding the State and the Army for using a 26-year old weaver as a human shield earlier this year, the Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission has ordered the State Government to pay him a compensation of Rs. 10 lakh.Mr. Farooq Ahmad Dar was, on the orders of Major Leetul Gogoi of the 53 Rashtriya Rifles, chained to the bonnet of a military jeep, and made to travel in that...

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