January 10
The former inspector General of Jammu Kashmir Police for Traffic, Basant Kumar Rath on Thursday said that the stone pelters in Jammu Kashmir are his people and he cannot disown them.
As per a report published on India Today, Rath made these remarks while addressing a gathering at India Today Mind Rocks.
Basant said that Indian media fails to address and understand the core issue of Kashmir.
The report further quoted Basant as saying, “Just because somebody doesn’t agree with you [the government], you can’t demonize them.”
Speaking of Kashmir, he said that, “Kashmir has a history and We have to respect the sentiments and the people there.”
In November 2018, Basant Rath was transferred after he allegedly had an online spat with Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu.