Excessive force used in valley, deal differently with militants and their families : Mehbooba asks police
"In the past five months excessive force was used by security forces on the people of the valley and i don't deny that. But normalcy has started prevailing and I hope police will cooperate and change its behavior while dealing with people. Its time now to differentiate between militants and their families," she said.
Mufti was addressing a passing out parade of commandos at the Commandos Training Center (CTC) at Lethpora in Pulwama
Mehbooba's remarks came a day after state Government sanctioned ex-gratia relief for the brother of slain Hizb commander Burhan Wani.
Mehbooba said once the peace prevailed permanently, she would restrict the use of "tough laws" like AFSPA and PSA.
"I want to use PSA against criminals and smugglers only, and not against elderly men and youth," she added.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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