Army Chief General Bipin Rawat today National Security Advisor Ajit Doval of the security situation in Kashmir, amidst growing outrage in the Valley over the controversial "human shield" video.Rawat's meeting with Doval comes a day after he had separate deliberations with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Governor N N Vohra over the law and order situation in Kashmir during his visit to the state.

Government sources said the Army chief called on Doval at his residence and briefed him about the overall state of security in the Kashmir ValleyThe video, showing a man tied to an army vehicle purportedly as a shield against stone pelters during polling in the Srinagar Lok Sabha by-election, has triggered a public outcry prompting civil and army authorities to launch separate investigations.

In her meeting with Gen Rawat, the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister had raised the issue of the video that has now gone viral on social media. Gen Rawat has assured the J&K CM of timely action against the personnel who were responsible for the act of tying the man to the vehicle at Budgam.

While the debate raged on, Lieutenant General HS Panag, who had previously headed the Northern Command, tweeted: “Image of a 'stone pelter' tied in front of a jeep as a 'human shield',will 4 ever haunt the Indian Army&the nation!”

While Mohandas Pai hit out at Lieutant General Panag over the statement, singer Abhijeet known for his vitriol tweeted: "U r a Pak supporter, wish you were kicked,beaten & humiliated on the streets of #Kashmir & then wd hv seen ur reaction."

U r a Pak supporter, wish you were kicked,beaten & humiliated on the streets of #Kashmir & then wd hv seen ur reaction.. #Salute #IndianArmy https://t.co/yUkSlW8gI5 April 16, 2017

Image of a 'stone pelter' tied in front of a jeep as a 'human shield',will 4 ever haunt the Indian Army&the nation! — Lt Gen H S Panag(R) (@rwac48) April 15, 2017

How Twitter reacted:

There are thousands on twitter who'd sharply disagree with @rwac48, but such filth would even be intolerable to themhttps://t.co/pzAmsfdAgi — Navdeep Singh (@SinghNavdeep) April 16, 2017

Irnoy die 100 times! an RW fringe attacking Indian Army General whoe served India at LoC over Nationalism. Hatred and nationlism r not same. https://t.co/klTHqB0OQI — ASHUTOSH MISHRA (@ashu3page) April 16, 2017

If we bottled, or packaged, whatever he is drinking (or smoking), it would earn us a fortune. Abhijeet - unpluggedhttps://t.co/dsiZaKmfVL — Harini Calamur (@calamur) April 16, 2017

Abhijeet, I am sure you say this as 71 war veteran, having served in active operations and having commanded the Northern Army. https://t.co/4B9ath2mBJ — Sherbir Panag (@Sherbir) April 16, 2017

Wow... Joblessness can really f your mind.It can throw you off to a dark Pitt from where you can only foul mouth others https://t.co/FC0hszk5XA — Satish Joshi (@fundooo) April 16, 2017

So now patriotism means cursing a retd army officer & wishing he be humiliated. How can one be an artist with so much venom inside? https://t.co/nXzUR4OBQw — Ruhi Tewari (@RuhiTewari) April 16, 2017

He salutes the Indian army by abusing and wishing ill for a decorated, much loved Indian army general only ending up humiliating himself https://t.co/OlBLY8M02t — Rana Safviا राना (@iamrana) April 16, 2017

Abhijeet, im issuing you a challenge. If u are son of one father, meet me face 2 face. Im from Jammu, J&K. Let me know if ever u visit here. https://t.co/b1l0tkwQ1A — Dr. Devinder Singh (@devinder_ps) April 16, 2017

Earlier, the 26-year-old Farooq Ahmad Dar told DNA that he was paraded for 26 km allegedly to keep stone-pelters at bay. He said: "I cannot believe that I am alive. They first thrashed me and then tied me to the bonnet of the jeep and zoomed past several villages.”

Dar, who ekes out a living by working as a Sozni (handmade embroidery) craftsman, was on his way to Gampora when he was allegedly picked up by the army troopers near Putligam and tied to the bonnet of a jeep before being paraded around dozens of villages.

His brother Fayaz Ahmad added that Dar had even cast his vote before he left to attend the condolence meeting of a relative when he was allegedly caught by the army and tied to the bonnet of their jeep to keep stone throwers at bay.

Anger spread across Kashmir after the video went viral. Former CM Omar Abdullah tweeted Dar's picture, and demanded an investigation into the case. Later he posted a 19 second-video on his Twitter handle sparking an outrage on the social media. "Here's the video as well. A warning can be heard saying stone pelters will meet this fate. This requires an urgent inquiry & follow up NOW!!" Omar said.

According to a report in the Indian Express, the incident occurred on April 19 and he was paraded for nearly for four hours and driven nearly 25 km. Dar was quoted saying by the newspaper: “Gareeb log hain, kya karengey complain (We are poor people, what will we complain?). I live alone with my asthmatic mother who is 75 years old. I am scared. Anything can happen to me. I am not a stone-pelter.”

Dar told The Wire: “They damaged my bike, thrashed me severely with gun butts and wooden sticks and in an almost unconscious state tied me to the front of the jeep and paraded me through 10 to 20 villages.”

With inputs from agencies