Omar raps Army for youth's death

SRINAGAR: In the aftermath of the killing of an innocent youth in North Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday pulled up the Army for violating the Standard operating Procedure which led to his death.

At a meeting chaired by Abdullah this morning, Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, Corps Commander of Srinagar-based 15 Corps, was conveyed in no uncertain terms that the incident involving innocent people were detrimental to the peace process and that the troops should strictly adhere to SoP agreed upon in various Unified Headquarters meetings, official sources said.

The meeting came after a specialised unit of the Army -- Four Para -- had laid a cordon in an area at Handwara in North Kashmir on Friday night that led to death of an innocent, who allegedly did not adhere to warnings to stop by the troops.