‘Jawan’s head to be brought in through diplomatic channels’
15 Jan 2013 7:22 AM IST
The head of Lance Naik Hemraj, who was brutally killed along with another soldier by Pakistani troops, has to be brought through diplomatic channels, Army Chief General Bikram Singh said Monday.
Calling it a ‘gruesome and an unpardonable act’, Bikram Singh said: ‘With regard to getting the head back, it has to be done through diplomatic channels.’
Hemraj’s wife has been fasting in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, demanding that the severed head of her husband be handed over to the family.
‘We are with her and we understand. I am the head of the clan and I am like a father. We will make sure they are given all possible help. We will give them all that is due and everything they are entitled to,’ said Bikram Singh.
Gen Bikram Singh said he did not favour dilution of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir as it was ‘an enabler’ for soldiers to fight militancy in an asymmetric environment .
Answering a query on AFPSA Bikram Singh said that soliders in the state work in an environment where it was difficult to differentiate between friend and foe as militants mingle with civilian population.
He said the soldiers face a great deal of challenges and they need to be given ‘enablers’ to operate against militants.
Calling it a ‘gruesome and an unpardonable act’, Bikram Singh said: ‘With regard to getting the head back, it has to be done through diplomatic channels.’
Hemraj’s wife has been fasting in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, demanding that the severed head of her husband be handed over to the family.
‘We are with her and we understand. I am the head of the clan and I am like a father. We will make sure they are given all possible help. We will give them all that is due and everything they are entitled to,’ said Bikram Singh.
Gen Bikram Singh said he did not favour dilution of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir as it was ‘an enabler’ for soldiers to fight militancy in an asymmetric environment .
Answering a query on AFPSA Bikram Singh said that soliders in the state work in an environment where it was difficult to differentiate between friend and foe as militants mingle with civilian population.
He said the soldiers face a great deal of challenges and they need to be given ‘enablers’ to operate against militants.
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