THE 1991 Kunan Poshpora alleged mass rape case remains unresolved. The residents are reluctant to discuss the case, and their lawyer prefers to avoid addressing it in Kashmir’s current climate. Although the case has been before two Jammu and Kashmir courts and the Supreme Court.
The case surfaced in 2022, when the Commander of Srinagarbased 15 Corps Lt Gen D P Pandey, during a visit to Kunan village, commented that, “Some women were used by a nexus to create a fake narrative of mass rape by the Army personnel”
Lt Gen Pandey said that, in 2021, a delegation from Kunan Poshpora had met him and narrated how a “nexus” had used the women to cook up a fake narrative.
Allegedly, on the night of February 23/24, 1991, a Battalion of the Fourth Rajputana Rifles of the 68th Brigade conducted a cordonand search operation in the Kunan-Poshpora villages. The villagers alleged that while the Army interrogated the men, they gang-raped the women in their homes.
This story is from the September 11, 2024 edition of Outlook.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the September 11, 2024 edition of Outlook.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
No Singular Self
Sudarshan Shetty's work questions the singularity of identity
Mass Killing
Genocide or not, stop the massacre of Palestinians
Passing on the Gavel
The higher judiciary must locate its own charter in the Constitution. There should not be any ambiguity
India Reads Korea
Books, comics and webtoons by Korean writers and creators-Indian enthusiasts welcome them all
The K-kraze
A chronology of how the Korean cultural wave(s) managed to sweep global audiences
Tapping Everyday Intimacies
Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo departs from his outsized national cinema with low-budget, chatty dramedies
Tooth and Nail
The influence of Korean cinema on Bollywood aesthetics isn't matched by engagement with its deeper themes as scene after scene of seemingly vacuous violence testify, shorn of their original context
Beyond Enemy Lines
The recent crop of films on North-South Korea relations reflects a deep-seated yearning for the reunification of Korea
Ramyeon Mogole?
How the Korean aesthetic took over the Indian market and mindspace
Old Ties, Modern Dreams
K-culture in Tamil Nadu is a very serious pursuit for many