Army chief dismisses UN report on alleged rights violations in JK as 'motivated'

Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat today dismissed the recent UN report on alleged human rights violations in Kashmir as "motivated" and asserted that Indian Army's record in this regard is "absolutely above board".

"I don't need to speak about the human rights record of the Indian Army. It is well known to all of you, it is well known to the people of Kashmir, and to the international community," Gen. Rawat told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on cyber security here.

"The human rights record of the Indian Army is absolutely above board," he said.

In a report released earlier this month, the United Nations Human Rights Council talked about alleged human rights violations in both Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and sought an international inquiry into these cases.

"I don't think we should get too concerned about the report. Some of these reports are motivated," Gen. Rawat said today.

Earlier, the MEA had also discarded the report saying, "India rejects the report. It is fallacious, tendentious and motivated. We question the intent in bringing out such a report."
Meanwhile, at the cyber security event today, the Army chief stressed on exploiting cyber space for the advantages of defence forces. "We must also develop niche capabilities to disable the adversaries' system."