Double standards

Sir, - I refer to the article ``Double standards'' by Mr. Kuldip Nayar, wherein he attempts to ``expose the human rights violation'' by the Army in insurgency-ridden areas.

Has he thought that these men in uniform are bound by duty to do what they are doing and not so because they derive some kind of sadistic pleasure from it? Accepted that some instances of excesses do occur, but why highlight them? It is a well- acknowledged fact that well over 95 per cent of all complaints about HR violation are found fabricated after investigation. Is there such a pressing need to build opinion against stray instances of Army excesses? Where were these HR watchdogs when Lt. Saurav Kalia and his men's bodies were handed back, after 14 days of mind-benumbing torture?

Sumeet Saxena,

Hyderabad

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