Question : CRIMES BY SECURITY FORCES

(a) the number of incidents of gang-rape by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir noticed by the Government during the last one year including latest incident on April 20, 2002;

(b) the action taken by the Government against the guilty persons in each incident; and

(c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure that no human rights violations are committed by security forces in the State in future?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS ( SHRI CH. VIDYASGAR RAO)

(a)&(b): The information is being collected and will be laid on the table of the House.

(c): Instructions have been repeated high-lighting the need for security force personnel scrupulously abiding by the operating procedure laid down while countering militancy which are designed to ensure full respect to essential Human Rights.