SHRC has no jurisdiction to probe human shield case: CM

JAMMU: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today asserted that the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) “lacked jurisdiction” to intervene in a case involving Farooq Ahmad Dar, who was strapped to a jeep’s bonnet purportedly as a shield against stone pelters in Kashmir.

In a written reply to a question in the Assembly, she said the commission’s recommendation last year of giving Rs 10 lakh as compensation to Dar “cannot be accepted” as a probe in the matter was still on.

The Chief Minister said the human rights body had last August observed that it was “handicapped” to go into the conduct of the Army.

“Having so observed, the Commission lacks jurisdiction to entertain or adjudicate upon the present matter,” she told the House. (AGENCIES)

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