Will look into Kashmir viral video issue: Rajnath Singh

The video showed a man tied to an army jeep, purportedly as a human shield against stone pelters, in the Beerwah area of Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on April 9.

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Will look into Kashmir viral video issue: Rajnath Singh

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on viral video (File Photo)

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asserted that he would look into the videos shot in Kashmir, including the one showing a man tied to an army jeep, into the which has gone viral on the social media.

"Whatever incident happens anywhere, we will into the issue. I do not have any information on the video as ofnow," he told a press conference.

The video showed a man tied to an army jeep, purportedly as a human shield against stone pelters, in the Beerwah area of Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on April 9.

Singh said, "I have already asked for filing an FIR onthe incident (of) CRPF jawans (being heckled) while carryingelectronic voting machines."

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In that video, a CRPF man on polling duty was seen beingheckled by protesters in the Chadoora area of Budgam district. Another video shows a stonepelting protester purportedlybeing shot dead from close range by security force personneloutside a polling station in Kashmir.

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