Indian Military

SRINAGAR: The parade of Army personnel to identify the alleged accused who raped and abducted a woman in south Kashmir was postponed on Sunday, even as Marxist leader Brinda Karat demanded suspension of a policeman for releasing a video of the victim while she was giving her statement.
"The identification parade of Army personnel deployed in (Manzgam area) would be held at the appropriate time. The investigations are still in the preliminary stage," a police officer said.
He said a special investigation team (SIT) of police formed to probe the incident had collected circumstantial evidence from the spot where the 30-year-old married tribal woman was allegedly raped by two Army personnel.
"Vaginal swabs and other necessary samples of the victim have been sent for forensic examination and we are expecting the report tomorrow (Monday)," the officer added.
Police guards have been placed at the victim's home in Gujjardara Manzgam village in Kulgam district.

NEW DELHI: The Army on Monday appeared to be in the throes of a vicious factional feud, with Army HQ publicly accusing a group of serving officers of the Military Intelligence (MI) of conspiring to create a rift between Army chief General VK Singh and the government.
Angrily reacting to the anonymous complaint that officers close to Gen Singh tried to listen in the calls of the defence ministry's top brass as well as senior generals, the Army HQ said the "fabricated fiction" was put out by a group of disgruntled serving officers of MI working in connivance with a retired Lt General, who was a head of Defence Intelligence Agency.
The Army HQ said, "The story is a fabricated fiction and people responsible are some disgruntled officers, retired and serving whose sole aim is to create a mistrust between the army and the ministry of defence." It added, "The officer along with some disgruntled serving officers of the military intelligence, against whom disciplinary and administrative actions is in the pipeline, has worked out this fictitious story.