[evalayCap]

Thirteen-year-old boy, Dilshon, who was allegedly shot at by army personnel for tresspassing into an army area near the Chennai Central Station on Sunday, has succumbed to his injuries.

Sources say the boy died in the hospital after allegedly being shot at when he was trying to hide behind a tree after he trespassed into the area.

The family of the boy alleged he had been shot in the head when he went to the area, housing army residential quarters, to pick some fruit. Irate residents staged a protest demanding action against those responsible for the incident.

City Additional Commissioner (Law and Order) P Thamaraikannan said that a case has been registered and investigations are on into the incident.

Army sources said the military police and the local police are investigating into the incident, but declined to elaborate.

Police have cordoned off a stretch of the area, adjacent to Fort St George, which houses the state secretariat.

Thamaraikannan assured that action would be taken against those involved in 'causing injuries to the boy'.

Asked whether army personnel had indeed opened fire on the boy, he said it was being investigated.

He said government has offered medical assistance to the injured.

Source: Chennai teen allegedly shot dead by army men - India News - IBNLive

[Kiliunjubl]

Trigger Happy?

Here again the media cautiously uses their choice of words in reporting the incident. Who else could walk around with guns around a known Army area?

What a shame! Armies are there to fight against a whole army of enemies of the state. Not Panic when a 13 year old boy who steals some fruit. This shows guns are placed in the hands of utterly irresponsible cowards who pull the trigger at anything that moves.

When militants roam around freely blowing up bombs, that a Human life is taken away for trying to steal some fruits is really sad. It’s always the Army the last to arrive at a scene where militants are in action.

More often there is no evidence in any part the world that a Govt. (guardians of their citizen or supposed to be) taking successful action against a mechanism under their control after incidents of this nature.

An undisciplined Army when let loose has always been responsible for all the most severe kind of atrocities known.

I would draw the attention of all those running around making a huge hue and cry about human rights violations to come out in mass protest against what’s going on under their very noses and force the truth out. After all charity begins at home.
Rajpriya