In August 2017, there was brouhaha – nationally and internationally – when Farooq Ahmad Dar, a Kashmiri man was tied to a jeep by an Army officer.

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Apparently, the incident was brought to the silver screen in Baaghi 2 where Tiger Shroff plays an Army officer and also ties a man to his jeep. Film critic Raja Sen wrote for NDTV: “When we meet the film's hero - the aforementioned indiscreet stalker - he is an Army Commando in Kashmir who ties a man to the front of his jeep and uses him as a human shield. Wow. It is the kind of thing I expected Hindi cinema to tackle at some point, but not in a Tiger Shroff film where his reasoning for this inhumanity is that somebody burned the Indian flag.”

When the incident occurred, 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 eked 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 had said 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.  The army officer who tied Dar to the jeep, Major Gogoi, was later commended by the army.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to the scene in the movie: