Mr Dar, responding to the award of a commendation certificate issued by Army chief General Bipin Rawat to Major Gogoi, termed it as “support to zulum (oppression).”“I was not a stone- thrower. I was used as a shield,” Mr. Dar, a weaver, told The Hindu. A resident of Budgam’s Chill village, Mr. Dar was tied to an Army vehicle by the officer on April 9 during the Srinagar by-polls to escape stone throwers. Terming April 9 as his “new date of birth”, Mr Dar only pleads for “insaaf (justice)” now to put a closure to his case. Am I a bail (ox) or a human being,” Mr Dar said.

Source: The Hindu May 23, 2017 17:26 UTC