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No more human shields: Word quietly goes out to Army officers in J&K
May 31, 2017

Serving Army officers, some of them still in Kashmir and a few just back, have told the Times of India that though Major Leetul Gogoi, who used a human shield during the April 9 Srinagar Lok Sabha by-poll, was commended by Army chief Bipin Rawat "for sustained efforts in counter-insurgency operations" in J&K, the word that has quietly gone out to officers is not to follow such measures.  Read more
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