Indian Army chief defends human shield incident in Valley

HELD SRINAGAR: Indian Army  Chief of Staff Bipin Rawat Sunday  defended the "human  shield" incident in Kashmir and  said the unrest in the state  needs a composite solution.  "I would have been happy if  the protesters were firing  weapons at the armed forces instead  of throwing stones," he  said, speaking of the particular  way, the protesters attack the  armed forces personnel in the  valley.  "When people are throwing  stones and petrol bombs at us, I  cannot tell my men 'just wait  and die'," he said. "Kashmir  needs a composite solution,  everybody will have to get involved,"  Rawat told foreign  press.  Defending the human shield  incident, he said such innovative  ways are needed to fight  the "dirty war" in Kashmir. Recently,  the successor of Burhan  Wani, Sabzar Bhat, was also  shot dead by the Indian army.  Reports of altercations between  the armed forces of two  nations have been at an all time  high now, with infiltrations bids  and ceasefire violations.