SRINAGAR, (Sunatimes)  In North Kashmir’s Sopore town army is reportedly carrying out Census in different localities and the troops are going from house to house collecting every detail of families in a particular locality, the charge army vehemently denied.

According to reports, the army was seen in some localities collecting the information about the residents. The information reports said the army is collection the number of family members and their jobs.

Some of the residents complained that army is giving them computerized forms to get them filled. These forms reports said are being handed over to the village heads and they have been asked to get them completed.

A report said army trying to know that some boys, who police claim are missing from last one year.

Locals, however, are surprised with the Army’s latest ‘Census’ and term the collection of personnel details by the Army as intrusion to privacy. They alleged that the army men have asked them to note down all the details, even telephone numbers used by the family members on the computerized form.

The residents said if army requires any information, they can seek it from the local police stations or revenue authorities.

Army spokesman Lt Col J S Barar vehemently denied the allegations. “These allegations are baseless and an act to create the wedge between the people of Sopore and army,” he said.

Meanwhile as the second phase is going on the exercise is including the enumeration of paramilitary CRPF and BSF, army men and other non-state subjects along with the residents of Jammu and Kashmir.  “All the people including armed forces and non-residents who would be present in the state within the reference period from Feb 9 to Feb 28 would be tallied among the state population,” a census official said

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