Seeking information about rewards and promotions under RTI
19 Jun, 2012An application was filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act seeking information pertaining to awards and promotions to the state police personnel for anti-militancy operations between 1989 and 2012. As per a press release by a human right group, Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), the information has been denied by the PIO by invoking section 8 of the J&K RTI Act 2009. The Civil group has claimed that i\the denial of information is an admission by the Jammu and Kashmir Police that the state does have a policy of incentivising the arrests and killings of militants.