'Look at Army with pride, why so much noise over tying man to jeep in Kashmir’, asks AG Mukul Rohatgi

Amid the ongoing row over the Army allegedly using a civilian as a human shield against stone-pelters, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has asked why there was so much noise over the incident.

Last week, a video showing a man being tied to an army jeep as a shield against stone-pelters during the April 9 bypoll to the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency surfaced, drawing widespread condemnation and anger.

However, speaking to NDTV, Rohatgi said that the army was doing a great job under hostile conditions and one cannot criticse them sitting in AC rooms.

Rohatgi also defended the Army's action saying, people should put themselves in the army's position.'

"​Everyday people are dying. It's a surcharged atmosphere. The Army is dealing with terrorists not with protestors, so they will have to be dealt with...everyone should look at the Army with pride, they are doing a great job," he said.

Here's the video as well. A warning can be heard saying stone pelters will meet this fate. This requires an urgent inquiry & follow up NOW!! pic.twitter.com/qj1rnCVazn

— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) April 14, 2017

A day ago, police registered a case against unnamed army personnel in the incident where a civilian was allegedly used as a human shield against stone-pelters during polling in the Beerwah area of the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency.

A police officer said the FIR has been registered under sections 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 367 (kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous hurt) of the Ranbir Penal Code.

Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has sought a report on the 'disturbing' videos doing the rounds, which she termed as 'unacceptable and atrocious.'