The mercilessly killing of innocent and unarmed Kashmiris by Indian troops in fake encounters in the territory continues.
India is celebrating 75th Army Day on 15 January 2023. Indian Army has around 1.4 million military personnel on active duty.
Indian army is famous for conducting operations against oppressed people living in India and Indian Administered Kashmir. In past two decades, Indian army has killed 4265 civilians in Northeast region.
Whereas, unspeakable violence being perpetrated by Hindutva inspired extremist BJP-RSS has turned Indian Administered Kashmir into an inferno where no one, not even innocent civilians, professionals, women, children and elderly are safe from the state-terrorism of Indian occupied forces.
Indian troops in their unabated acts of state terrorism, martyred 96,163 innocent Kashmiris including 7,282 in custody, widowed 22,954, orphaned 107, 892 and molested 11,256 women since January 1989.
APHC has also exposed Indian state sponsored terrorism in Indian Administered Kashmir, conversion of Muslim majority into minority and continuous detention of Hurriyet leaders in its annual report 2021.
Military crackdown and intensified extra-judicial killings in staged operations in Indian Administered Kashmir which reflects extremist anti-Muslim designs of “Hindutva” inspired extremist BJP-government. Indian troops launched 200 Cordon and search operations (CASOs) and Cordon and Destroy Operations (CADOs).
The CASOs and CADOs also left 212 residential houses vandalized and destroyed at the hands of Indian occupying forces. In January 2022, thousands of acres of land in Gulmarg and Sonamarg area of Occupied Kashmir were declared as ‘strategic areas’ and given to Indian military.
This is a brazen violation of International Law governing the disputed nature of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The excessive use of force and impunity enjoyed by Indian forces in IOJK has increased the “Atrocity Crimes” manifold.
It is a matter of fact that there exist grievances and rifts within tri-services of India which is evident on appointment of Gen Bipin Rawat as CDS. It shows the level of professionalism within Indian tri-services
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