300 Army Personnel Move SC Against Prosecution

We are being persecuted for doing our duty in insurgency-hit areas, they say

- Krishnadas Rajagopal

Over 300 Army officers on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against what they called “persecution” by the court and civilian agencies, like the CBI, for  doing their duty in the insurgency-hit areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern States.

The petition, filed by senior officers at the level of Commanders, comes shortly after the court directed a CBI SIT to file chargesheets, in a time­bound manner, against Army officers involved in the Manipur extra­judicial killings, in which innocents were allegedly killed after being branded as  insurgents. The court is monitoring the CBI probe and cases number up to over 1,500.

Hearing on August 20

The petition, filed by Colonel Amit Kumar and several other officers, was mentioned by advocate Aishwarya Bhati before a Bench led by Chief Justice of  India Dipak Misra, who scheduled the case for August 20.