Major Gogoi, who had tied Farooq Ahmad Dar to the bonnet of his jeep on April 9, was awarded the Chief of Army Staff Commendation on Monday. Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi of 53 Rashtriya Rifles, who is at the centre of a controversy for tying a man to a jeep as a human shield against stone-pelters in Kashmir, said his decision saved at least 12 lives. Major Gogoi, who had tied Farooq Ahmad Dar to the bonnet of his jeep on April 9, was awarded the Chief of Army Staff Commendation on Monday. It was then when I thought of tying Dar to my vehicle," Major Gogoi said. The issue has snowballed into a major row with former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah hitting out at the Army court of enquiry.

Source: dna May 24, 2017 01:15 UTC