Bollywood
actor
and
BJP
MP
Paresh
Rawal
has
deleted
his
controversial
tweet
suggesting
that
instead
of
a
Kashmiri
stone-pelter,
author
Arundhati
Roy
should
be
tied
to
an
Army
jeep.
"Instead
of
tying
(a)
stone-pelter
on
the
Army
jeep,
tie
Arundhati
Roy," Paresh
Rawal
wrote
on
the
micro-blogging
site,
triggering
an
online
outrage.
Roy
has
been
a
vocal
supporter
of
Kashmir
separatist
campaign
and
alleged
human
rights
abuses
in
the
state.
However,
the
tweet
is
no
longer
visible
in
Rawal's
account.
It
came
days
after
an
Army
Major
in
Kashmir
trussed
up
a
civilian,
Farooq
Dar,
on
his
jeep
bonnet
using
him
as
a
human
shield
against
a
stone-pelting
mob.
The
incident
sparked
a
huge
uproar,
particularly
after
the
officer
was
commended
by
Army
chief
General
Bipin
Rawat
for
his
counter-insurgency
service
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir.
Rawal's
tweet
came
after
the
Pakistani
media
reported
that
Roy
had
said
that
the
"Indian
aggression
in
the
Kashmir
was
shameful
and
that
New
Delhis
"oppression
cannot
subdue
Kashmiri
struggle."
However,
the
news
could
not
be
verified
and
was
reported
to
be
a
"fake
news".