The Army had on Friday closed its probe in the case, acquitting the five accused soldiers, saying the evidence recorded could not establish prime facie charges against any of them.
Abdullah said, "The Army has said that they don't have enough to proceed with the court martial. I hope the Government of India recognises the decision of the Army has not gone down well. This is a matter which is currently in front of the Supreme Court as well. The AFSPA argument will come up again. The CBI has found evidence, how can the army say that they cannot accept this?"
The CBI had in 2006 indicted the five accused Army personnel - Brig Ajay Saxena, Lt Col Brahendra Pratap Singh, Maj Saurabh Sharma, Maj Amit Saxena and Subedar Idrees Khan - stating that they were involved in the gunning down of five villagers and dubbing them as foreign militants before the media.
The investigative agency, in its chargesheet, stated that the killing of the innocents was a result of "tremendous psychological pressure" on the Army to show results after the massacre of 36 Sikhs in Chittisinghpura in the valley on the eve of the visit of then US President Bill Clinton to India.
"One Macchil doesn't make everything else fair. All the goodwill the Army has earned has been undone by a Pathribal decision. This is one of the few test cases," the 43-year-old said, referring to the 2010 Macchil fake encounter case for which the Army court-martialed six of its officers.
The young Chief Minister also ruled out Arvind Kejriwal-style protests to press for his demands.
"Arvind Kejriwal did a dharna outside the Rail Bhawan. What did he end up with? Two policemen go on paid leave? We have to give logic to the government of India. How would you react if any Chief Minister sat outside the Ministry of Defence on the AFSPA? Would you be open to that thought?" he asked.
Abdullah also said that the National Conference's alliance with the Congress was "under discussion". "There are reservations in our party. Sections in the Congress too would like to do it alone," he said.
via IBN Live
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