Troops Raped 51 Kashmiri Women in 6 Years: J & K Police

Friday, April 02, 2010
Courtesy: Daily Rising Kashmir News

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Jammu, April 01: Police on Thursday said troops had allegedly raped 51 women in Jammu and Kashmir in six years between November 2002 and July 2008.

A police spokesman in a statement said 38 rape cases allegedly by troops were reported from November 2002 to October 2005. “From November 2005 to 10 July 2008, 13 rape cases allegedly by troops were reported.”

The spokesman said that from 11 July 2008 to 4 January 2009 only one rape case allegedly by troops was reported. “During the period from 5 January 2009 to 23 February 2010 no rape case by troops was reported.”

The police spokesman said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had mentioned in the Legislative Assembly that 11 cases of rape allegedly by troops were reported between October 1996 and October 2002, thus taking the number of raped by troops between October 1996 to July 2008 to 62.

The spokesman said that the written reply to Assembly Question No 260 which pertained to troops tabled by A R Veeri in the Legislative Assembly, it was mentioned in the reply of the Home Department that “no rape case was reported from 1st January 2009 to 1st March 2010. This information furnished pertains to allegation of rape cases reported against troops”.

The police spokesman said the Comptroller and Auditor General report had shown 53 rape cases in three months between January 2009 and March 2009. “These figures pertain to rape cases registered in entire State during this period. The figure pertains to normal crime. No rape case is reported against troops during this period.”

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