Paresh Rawal deletes tweet on Arundhati Roy

New Delhi May 24 (IANS) 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 Delhi`s oppression cannot subdue Kashmiri struggle.

However the news could not be verified and was reported to be a fake news.

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