Handwara killings: Why is the army acting like it's the police?

April 18, 2016 10:27

Nearly 96 hours have lapsed since Handwara shot into international limelight. In this time, a policeman has been suspended, the Army has "regretted" the incident twice apart from assuring "action" against guilty, the political class has made the right sounding noise and the Valley remains on the boil.

All of this has happened, oddly, despite the victim's denial about the Army's involvement. A different reason rattles me. Does the army necessarily have to be in isolated, middle-of-town pickets/bunkers, facing mobs, as in Handwara? Should it not be the local police or the Central Armed Police Force's job?

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