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NC demands judicial or CBI probe

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 9/20/2013 11:54:25 PM

SRINAGAR, Sep 20: National Conference (NC) today demanded a CBI enquiry or a high-level probe into the functioning of a top secret intelligence unit set up by previous chief General V K Singh, which was alleged to have used secret service funds to destabilize the Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir
Addressing a press conference here NC provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani said, “Issue of destabilizing the current government by former army chief V K Singh as alleged by the Indian Express is of a very serious matter and can’t be brushed aside or dismissed.” NC Provincial president, Jammu, Devender Singh Rana addressed a similar press conference in Rajouri today.
“This issue needs a thorough probe and no attempt should be made to cover up and as such we demand a judicial probe under a sitting judge of the supreme court or at the least by the CBI” adding “the finding of which must be made public without any delay.”
“As such we demand that all the people from the state or outside who are involved overtly or covertly are made public and punished”, he added.
“Jammu and Kashmir has suffered at the machinations of people who have tried time and again to demean the elected government and this alleged report substantiates that there are people who want to dent the credibility of democratic institution that India is known for,” said Nasir.
Stating that the media reports have again brought to fore the Machil encounter the provincial president said, "In 2010, a series of events resulted in the sort of protests that you saw on the streets and the origins of that lie in a fake encounter that took place in north Kashmir's Machil” adding “These protest that spiraled vindicates our stand that the entire 2010 could also have been orchestrated.”
Rana described the charges as serious in nature and a blot on the democracy. “If true, the unfortunate disclosures have the potential of alienating the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“The revelations cannot be just rubbished because the actor having perpetrated the intrigue has been Chief of the Army Staff”, Rana said while describing the act as first of its kind in the history of independent India. He reiterated that judicial enquiry or at least independent probe by Central Bureau of Investigations alone can bring the truth to fore.
The Provincial President recalled the horrific incidents of 2010 wherein scores of young people were killed mercilessly in Kashmir and wondered whether these were part of Gen Singh’s game plan to destabilize the Omar Abdullah government. “We had forgotten the miseries of 2010 but the revelations have opened up the wounds again”, he said.
When asked whether there could be local actors supplementing the army’s hidden agenda, Rana said, whosoever and howsoever high they may be, those involved in the wretched game plan should be exposed. The people of Jammu and Kashmir have a right to know the truth. Therefore, the role of all those involved, even those from the state, should be scanned and findings made public at the earliest”, he added.