Jammu: The state police has said the FIR filed against army for tying a man to a jeep in Kashmir hasn’t been quashed.
The statement comes a day after Major Leetul Gogoi, the army officer who tied a man to the bonnet of a jeep+ as a ‘shield’ against stone-pelting mob , was awarded the Army Chief Commendation Card for sustained efforts in counter-insurgency operation.
“Investigation on the FIR will carry on. It has not been quashed. FIR means the beginning of the investigation,”IGP Munner Khan told the reporters .
Some people, especially on the social media, were critical of the army action, but Punjab chief minister Amrinder Singh, himself an ex-army officer, in a recent article had called for awarding the officer.
Importantly the FIR registered on April 13 has not specifically named the officer. The army has constituted a Court of Inquiry and it’s still going on.
