Kashmir: Kunan-Poshpora mass-rape victims protest outside poll booth The survivors of the mass-rape allegedly perpetrated by the Indian army over two decades ago in Jammu and Kashmirs Kunanposh-Pora Tuesday held a protest amid the polling for state elections in the region. Authorities Tuesday halted polling process outside polling station, after a group of rape survivors, men and children staged a protest seeking punishment for the Indian army troopers accused of raping over 60 women in 1991. On the night of February 23-24, 1991, a battalion of the armys 4th Rajasthan Rifles 68th conducted a cordon-and-search operation in the Kunan-Poshpora villages in Kupwara district. Villagers and human rights activists say that army raped anywhere between 23 to 100 women repeatedly through the night. Eyewitnesses said that scores of women carrying banners and placards sought justice and demanded stern punishment for the guilty Indian soldiers. Top police and civil administrative officials reached on spot while authorities halted polling process that resumed only after the protesting women dispersed peacefully. “We ended our protest after officers assured us that they will take up the issue with the concerned authorities, a protester said.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:57:59 +0000
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