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No investigation of excesses without complaint: CRPF
Rising Kashmir Sept 15

Police says probe due after normalcy

Wasim Khalid
Srinagar, Sep 14: Paramilitary CRPF Saturday said they would not investigate excesses committed by their men on people over the past two months unless they receive complaint from the victims. However, police said they would investigate all allegations of excessive use of force by CRPF and police after normalcy returns to the Valley.
“Every allegation leveled against us has so far proven baseless,” CRPF spokesman, Prabhakar Tripathi told Rising Kashmir. “There is no truth in allegations that CRPF has committed excesses on people.”
Vehemently terming the allegations as “false”, Tripathi said they would investigate only when they get complaints from the people.
“We can not go from house to house to identify the guilty CRPF men,” he said. “We would work on complaints. People should identify the erring CRPF men so that we can take action.”
However, Tripathi rejected allegations that CRPF men entered into houses in various localities, damaged household goods and intimidated inmates during the protests.
“During our investigation we found that nobody among us entered a single house and broke doors or windows panes,” he said.
On whether CRPF would take action taking cues from reports, photographs and video footage, Tripathi said: “All these photographs are actually of CRPF men beating the stone pelters not the innocent people.”
On the allegations of the people that CRPF committed more atrocities than police while handling peaceful protests, Tripathi said: “We have not used force. We are not working independently here. Anything we do is done after taking police into confidence.”
There has been a widespread condemnation of paramilitary CRPF and police using excessive force in dealing with peaceful protests.
At many places, CRPF has resorted to firing and killing and injuring scores of people. They have also used batons and fired thousands of tear smoke canisters.
Residents of old city localities including Nowhatta, Habba Kadal, Fateh Kadal, Zaina Kadal, Safa Kadal, Rajouri Kadal and Rainawari allege that troopers committed excesses with them.
They alleged CRPF men of barging into their homes, breaking windows panes and doors, beating family members and warned them of dire consequences. Similar complaints were reported from uptown Srinagar.
As a result, people in the Valley have continuously alleged that CRPF men and police have adopted a dual approach in dealing the protesters in Kashmir and those in Jammu.
Commenting on the issue, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, B Srinivasan said they are verifying the allegations.
“Our social police wing is investigating the allegations. If we find them correct, we would take proper action against the guilty policemen and CRPF men.”
Srinivasan said they have taken every measure to deal with the situation so that inconvenience is not caused to the people.
He said they have not registered any case since they are largely engaged in maintaining law and order. “After the tension will be over, we would surely take action,” Srinivasan said.