Withdraw FIR against Army or your govt will be toppled, Swamy tells Mehbooba Mufti

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy reacted to the filing of the FIR against Army personnel following the stone pelting incident at Shopian on Saturday.

Two civilians were killed when Army personnel fired at a stone-pelting mob in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, prompting Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to order an inquiry into the incident.

On Sunday, the police registered an FIR under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the Ranbir Penal Code against the personnel of 10, Garhwal unit, of



the Army. A Major, who led the Army personnel at the time of the incident, was also mentioned in the FIR.

Swamy said, ' what nonsense is this? Dismiss that government immediately. Tell Mehbooba to withdraw the FIR or else her government would be toppled. Why are we even running that government, I have not understood till date.'

The police chief of Jammu and Kashmir S P Vaid said that the registration of the FIR is just the start of the probe and the version of the Indian Army would be taken into account.