Shehla Rashid said, “Let the Army conduct a fair and impartial probe and I’m willing to share the details of the incidents mentioned with them.”
New Delhi| Activist and Politician Shehla Rashid has now said that Army should conduct a fair and impartial probe. Her statement comes hours after she alleged Indian Army of committing atrocities in the valley. In her series of tweets, she alleged that army soldiers are ransacking houses and torturing men. Her tweets invited angry reactions from Twitterati. Several people have also started demanding for her arrest.
In another series of tweets, she said that the news of her arrest is to divert attention from human rights abuses in Kashmir. “These abuses are not in the service of the nation, but in service of the ruling party’s political agenda,” she said.
My reaction to the controversy:
All of my tweets are based on conversations with people. My thread highlights the positive work of the administration too. Let the Army conduct a fair and impartial probe and I'm willing to share the details of the incidents mentioned with them.
— Shehla Rashid شہلا رشید (@Shehla_Rashid) August 19, 2019
She further asserted that getting “merely arrested in these times is a privilege”. She said, “A 65-year-old man in Srinagar died because he choked on pepper gas being used by the police. A 17 yr old boy was the first documented victim of the current crisis. What is an arrest compared to it?”
She also clarified that all her tweets are based on her conversation with several people and it also highlighted the positive work of the administration. “Let the Army conduct a fair and impartial probe and I’m willing to share the details of the incidents mentioned with them,” she said.
Criminal Complaint against Shehla
Meanwhile, a criminal complaint has been filed against the J&K people’s Movement leader. The complaint has been filed by a Supreme Court lawyer Alok Srivastava and has sought her arrest. Srivatsava in his complaint said that Shehla Rashid is allegedly spreading fake news against the Indian Army and Government of India. The complaint also hinted towards sedition saying that she had intended to incite “disaffection towards the Government of India”.
Shehla Rashid alleges atrocities:
In a series of tweets, Shehla Rashid had made several allegations and recorded observations allegedly from people coming from Kashmir. She had alleged that Jammu and Kashmir police has no authority in the state and everything is in the hands of paramilitary forces.
She tweeted, “People are saying that J&K Police has no authority on law & order situation. They’ve been rendered powerless. Everything is in the hands of paramilitary forces.” “One SHO was transferred on the complaint of a CRPF man. SHOs carrying batons. Service revolvers can’t be seen on them,” Shehla tweeted. She further said that Armed forces are entering the house, picking up the boys and even ransacking the houses.
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