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One killed in CISF firing, Kashmir promises action
Monday January 02, 2012 05:59:55 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar/Jammu: One
person was killed and two others were injured Monday when Central
Industrial Security Force (CISF) troopers allegedly opened fire at
people protesting power shortage at a Jammu and Kashmir village.
The state government has promised action against the CISF men
responsible.
The incident took place in Baramulla's Boniyar village, 60 km
north of this summer capital Srinagar, when scores of villagers
angry at the long hours of power outages took to the streets and
later gathered near the local power station, police said.
CISF personnel guarding the station opened fire, killing one
protester on the spot and wounding two others.
The incident triggered tension in the area and senior civil and
police officers have rushed to the spot.
The Omar Abdullah government has expressed its "deep regret on the
tragic firing incident at Boniyar, Baramulla", said the official
spokesman, adding it has taken a "very serious view of the
incident and has asked the state police to take immediate steps to
bring those responsible for the incident to book".
"Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF), whose troopers opened
the fire, are not a part of the CI (Counter Insurgency) grid
operating in Jammu and Kashmir and have been hired by the NHPC
(National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) exclusively for the
security of their installations across the state, and are not
under the operational command of either the unified headquarters
or the state government," he said.
The spokesman said that the state government has taken up the
matter with the union home ministry, lodging a serious protest and
demanding stern, exemplary action against the officers responsible
for the firing incident.
The chief minister has dispatched a high-level team comprising
Public Health Engineering Minister Taj Mohiuddin, Minister of
State for Home Nasir Aslam Wani and Director General of Police
Kuldeep Khoda to the village.
The Kashmir Valley has been facing an acute power shortage that
the state government attributes to low water flows in the major
rivers here and power pilferage by the consumers. Protests have
been seen in Srinagar and other towns in the valley.
"The (power supply) situation is not likely to improve till the
beginning of March," said an official of the power development
department.
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