Kashmiri youth tied to army jeep as human shield will get Rs 10 lakh compensation

A Kashmiri youth tied to an army jeep as human shield will get Rs 10 lakh compensation. The Jammu and Kashmir government has been asked to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to the victim Farooq Ahmad Dar within six weeks. Dar was tied to the bonnet of an army jeep on April 9 as a human shield to avoid attack from stone-pelters.

Major Leetul Gogoi's act had stirred a major controversy in the Kashmir Valley during Srinagar bypoll. A video of the incident had gone viral leading to an uproar. The Jammu and Kashmir Police had also registered an FIR against the security forces. The Army had constituted a court of inquiry into the incident.

The commission said the case was listed before Justice Bilal Nazki, chairperson of the J&K State Human Rights Commission, who directed the Jammu and Kashmir government to pay compensation to the tune of Rs 10 lakh to the victim.