Army today refuted the allegations of mowing down 13 horses in Kulgam area on September 25 and termed them as "vicious, fabricated and bizarre".
"The Army strongly refutes the allegations of any involvement in the killing of 13 horses in Prisal, Kulgam on 25 September as reported in some newspapers (in Kashmir)," an army spokesperson said here.
"The nature of allegations that the Army had purposely rammed their Casspir repeatedly into the livestock is viciously fabricated and even bizarre, evidently levelled with ulterior motives," he said.
In section of the media in the Valley, reports had emerged that a Casspir belonging to the armed forces had mowed down 13 horses in Prisal village in Kulgam on September 25.
The spokesman said the allegation was "a clear attempt at vilification of the fair image of the Army and evinces a pattern in some sections of the media to malign the security forces especially in these sensitive times".
"It is also an insult to the intelligence of the readers to suggest that any one vehicle could cause such an incident where so many animals would continue to remain in the tracks to be knocked down by a vehicle while it goes to and fro", the spokesperson said.
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