MISCHIEVOUS TV NEWS CHANNEL: ALLEGED RAPE OF A SCHOOL GIRL BY A SOLDIER IN HANDWARA, NORTH KASHMIR !
How good are our TV News channel in masking the truth and fermenting enraging controversies is evident from an alleged rape of a school girl in HANDWARA of North Kashmir a few days back. The allegation led to protests by local residents and an attempted attack on an Army Post, probably, instigated by militants which led to firing by army. Unfortunately, a budding cricketer lost his life in the firing, who had nothing to do with the the protests. The allegation of molestation by a soldier was vehmently denied by the girl.
An Indian News Channel, NDTV , has added fuel to the fire by interviewing the mother of the girl, seven days after the incident, who gave a version different from what girl had said.. This one- sided version has painted the army as a culprit. It is manifestly apparent that name of the game is to denigrate the army by masking the truth. Is this freedom of press or misuse of freedom?
SC or High Cort of J&K should take a suo motto notice of this interview for causing disharmony . It is no doubts that the interview became the cause of fresh riots which led to the death of another young boy. NDTV news channel has behaved in a most irresponsible manner by spreading falsehood. if it wanted to do justice, it should have also given the view point of the Army along with this interview. Unfortunately,money sided interview only suggests that intent was to cause further unrest and defame the army. I am of the opinion that Army HQs or the Northern Command should sue NDTV for causing disruption of peace by such half truths. This could be a lesson for other news channels.
Here is what comes out from an extract of a news item in Times of India of April17, 2016: ---
"--------According to sources, the girl had filed an FIR (No. 130, dated April 12, 2016) against the two local boys who slapped and accused her of an illicit relationship with a soldier. The FIR under sections 509, 506, 341, 354 of Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) was registered in front of a huge crowd that had gathered in the police station after the boys spread the word in the main market of the town.
Later that day, the father, along with the girl and her aunt, went to the police station seeking protection from violent mobs on a rampage in the town. Why the mother and the brother of the girl had not accompanied them was not clear. Sources said the two had instead gone to the girl's uncle's place and locked their own house.
Civil administration sources, however, confirmed the girl had recorded her statement before judicial magistrate Handwara under CrPC section 164 on Saturday. The girl, sources said, repeated the statem-ent she had made in the video.-----------"
In all probability, as I understand, the girl may have fallen in love with a soldier in the nearby army post. Apparently, the lover- soldier must have been frequently meeting his 16 year old teenage beloved. It is a known truth that in all love affairs, known and unknown, local acquaintances of the girls invariably oppose the outside boy winning the love of the girl. In the instant case, too, this might have been the bone of contention between the local boys of her class. Also, the brother of the girl and her mother might have resented and disliked it. Thus, the jealous classmates might have engineered this incident to scare the soldier and the girl. It was a typical Bollywood film script, in which mother and brother give a dissenting note. Thus, an easy exploitation by militants.?
It it is obvious that the mother had been pressurized to make this statement. But what was the pressure on NDTV to rush with this interview ? This is a lopsided display of liberty and freedom of press at the cost of National Security. What a sham democracy India is that it threatens her own security by her own people! Such news channels are working against the existence of India with short sighted vision to enhance viewership. To me, they are enemy of the state within the state. Time has come when India has to decide what to do with such fifth columnists, else be ready to disintegrate.
As regards firing by the army men on the so called stone pelting protesters, one must note that soldiers are deployed in Kashmir NOT for honey moon vacation. They have a job to do. If you are surrounded by 1000 people, who want to kill you, what would you do? Soldiers are NOT disciples of Mahatama Gandhi to allow the hooligans to put forward their other cheek to slap them. The protesters were not only pelting stones but we're also trying to burn the post held by soldiers. In self defence, they legitimately fired. If some innocent persons got killed, the fault lay with the marauding crowd, instigated by the separatists.
In a study carried out by a Human Rights Organization, a few years back, it came out that 97.3% cases of alleged rape and molestation against the soldiers in Kashmir were false and motivated cases. Deliberate attempt are made to convert deaths, rape and molestations by local criminals, engineered or otherwise, to denigrate and demoralize the soldiers. It is unfortunate that soldiers are NOT allowed to rebut such charges at the local level--- A practice followed by a Colonial British Army. It is left to PR ( Public Relations) men at a formation Headquarters, who are generally activated 7-10 days after alleged incident. But by then, damage is already done.
Use of Media is a force multiplier in LOW INTENSITY CONFLICTS OR FOURTH GENERATIONAL WARFARE, which I would prefer to call WOM ( War By Other Means). Armed forces and strategic planners have to understand this. There is a need to have ARMED FORCES TV NEWS CHANNEL to counter such false propaganda by these uncouth and irresponsible TV news channels. This is an urgent need of the WOM. Besides, armed forces must authorize their subordinates to video graph or film such cases of protests. And they should be immediately released to the press through its own media channel.
The spin doctors of Pakistan aided Militancy in India are avidly exploiting the commercial needs of Indian News Channels. It is alleged in most knowledgeable quarters that most of the Indian Media, both electronic and Print, was owned, controlled or funded by foreign agencies either directly or indirectly through pliable Indian proxies. In the conflict Zones of WOM, media should be regulated. Some amount of restrictions need to be imposed on TV News Channels.juug
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