CISF men under AFSPA protection: DG CISF
SRINAGAR; Mar 05: The CISF and the Jammu & Kashmir government are on a collision course over the charge sheeting of five CISF men for allegedly killing a student in Boniyar in January.
CISF director general Rajiv said the action of the J&K Police against the CISF men was illegal and it would be challenged in the high court and the Supreme Court.
'We are protected under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in J&K. So the first illegality was committed when the police arrested our men. Now, they have charge sheeted the five even without seeking a mandatory prosecution sanction from the home ministry. Our men have been in jail for over two months now. Our (internal) inquiry shows they had acted in the line of duty,' the CISF DG said on Monday.
The CISF has moved bail applications for its men, saying that the J&K Police have acted at the behest of politicians and the state government.
The charge sheet submitted by the J&K Police in a Boniyar court on March 3 charge the men under Section 304 and 308 of the Ranbir Penal Code, which means culpable homicide not amounting to murder and carries a life sentence.
The charge sheet states that the CISF men opened fire without provocation on people protesting against power cuts at an NHPC plant in Boniyar on January 2, in which an 18-year-old student Altaf Ahmad was killed.
CISF director general Rajiv said the action of the J&K Police against the CISF men was illegal and it would be challenged in the high court and the Supreme Court.
'We are protected under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in J&K. So the first illegality was committed when the police arrested our men. Now, they have charge sheeted the five even without seeking a mandatory prosecution sanction from the home ministry. Our men have been in jail for over two months now. Our (internal) inquiry shows they had acted in the line of duty,' the CISF DG said on Monday.
The CISF has moved bail applications for its men, saying that the J&K Police have acted at the behest of politicians and the state government.
The charge sheet submitted by the J&K Police in a Boniyar court on March 3 charge the men under Section 304 and 308 of the Ranbir Penal Code, which means culpable homicide not amounting to murder and carries a life sentence.
The charge sheet states that the CISF men opened fire without provocation on people protesting against power cuts at an NHPC plant in Boniyar on January 2, in which an 18-year-old student Altaf Ahmad was killed.
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