Earlier this month, the United Nation Human Rights Council released a report which presented a grim situation of human rights in Kashmir and Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The council had sought an international probe into these abuses.
Rawat however refuted the reports and said that Indian army has clear human rights record. When asked to speak on the report he said: “I don’t think we need to speak on the United Nations report on Jammu and Kashmir. Some of these reports are motivated.”
The human rights record of the Indian Army, he said, was well known to the people of Kashmir and to the international community.
"I don't need to speak about the human rights record of the Indian Army. It is well known to all of you, it is well known to the people of Kashmir, and to the international community. I don't think we should get too concerned about the report, some of these reports are motivated," Rawat told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.
The human rights record of the Indian Army is absolutely above board, he maintained.
When the 49-pages-report was released demanding a probe into the alleged abuse by both India and Pakistan, India had vehemently rejected it as fallacious. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had said that the report was "overtly prejudiced" and seeks to build a "false narrative".
“We are dismayed at the reference to a fallacious and motivated report that has already been rejected by India. The report legitimises terrorism by referring to the UN designated terrorist entities as “armed groups” and calling terrorists “leaders”, the MEA had tweeted