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Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah on Saturday asked the police and the security forces to ensure that no custodial killings or human rights violations take place in the state.
"Our fight is against militants. Innocents should not get punished," Abdullah told the joint Cabinet cum district development board meeting at Baramullah district on Saturday.
The announcement by the chief minister follows the strong opposition to Union Home Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani's proposal to give amnesty to the security forces involved in human rights violations in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast.
Abdullah asked the police to register cases against human rights violations when "someone approaches with such a complaint".
"There should be no hesitation in filing the first information report against rights violators."
While addressing the meeting, Abdullah strongly "opposed actions amounting to human rights violations".
"Nobody has been given permissions to indulge in custodial killings," he said.
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