JAMMU: The Amy authorities have refuted “as outrageous false-hood” the reports in & section of the Press of the gang rape by the Army personnel in Shupian village in Kashmir Valley on October 14.
It was an outrageous falsehood and concoction dished out by the militants, as a part of concerted effort by them to malign the security forces and the Army, in particular,” a defence spokesman said on Oct.20.
Giving factual details of the incident, the spokesman said that search of seven houses in village Chak Saidpur was carried out on the night of October 10 last to apprehend a wanted militant, Bashir, who lived in) and responsible person, belong to this village, Was with search party comprising Senior JCO and three jawans.
All houses were searched in the presence of this person are no female members were out of any houses, let alone molested.
The search party did not stay” more than 10 minutes in each house searched, the spokesman added.
Article extracted from this publication >> October 30, 1992
