'Azadi impossible, you can’t fight us,' says Army chief Bipin Rawat to Kashmiri youth

The Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat on Thursday has expressed concerned over the youth in the valley who are taking up arms or resorting to stone pelting and said that Kashmiris have to understand that 'Azadi' could never be achieved by them.

In an interview to The Indian Express, the Army chief cautioned Kashmiri youth from getting carried away.

"I want to tell Kashmiri youth that Azadi isn't possible. It won't happen. Don't get carried away unnecessarily," Rawat said in an interview to Indian Express.

General Rawat said Army doesn't enjoy killings, adding that "If you want to fight us, then we will fight you with all our force." "Kashmiris have to understand that the SFs (security forces) haven't been so brutal - look at Syria and Pakistan. Our troops have been trying their level best to avoid any civilian casualty despite huge provocation," he said.

The Army chief further said that the cycle of killing would continue in Kashmir as fresh recruitments are being done by terrorist groups.

​Earlier this week, a 22-year-old tourist whose vehicle was targeted by stone-pelters, died. Whereas, the civilian death toll in Sunday's clashes between protesters and security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir has climbed to six after a youth succumbed to injuries.