army officer who used a man as human shield +Major Leetul Gogoi +what happened later was not premeditated +In future pls don't bother with the farce of a military court of inquiry. 'Gogoi said that on April 9, he got a call to check the security situation at a polling station in Budgam. If I had not done it, 12 people would have died," Gogoi recalled.The Army major further described an extremely fraught situation outside the polling booth. Somehow we caught him," he recalled.By then, the 1,200-strong crowd became even more violent and started hurling petrol-bombs at his men, Gogoi said.While Major Gogoi defended his actions, his comments didn't cut much ice with opposition leader Omar Abdullah of the National Conference. He said there should have been a military inquiry into the Major's actions.Separately, Amnesty International too released a press statement saying that the Army's award to Major Gogoi showed India's "disdain for human rights.

Source: Times of India May 23, 2017 13:01 UTC