Chairman of his faction of
Hurriyat Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Sunday expressed grief and sorrow at the cold
blooded ‘murder’ of Sajad Hussain Sheikh of Baramullah at Batamaloo Saturday
evening by the government forces and extended his sympathy with the bereaved family.
According to his spokesman,
Mirwaiz who continues to be placed under house arrest for the past more than
one month said such inhumanity while condemnable in the strongest words has
become the order of the day in Kashmir as almost every day people especially
the youth are deliberately targeted and killed.
Mirwaiz said those that are
spared death are subjected to torture, harassment and humiliation as various
shocking videos circulating the internet show. “Tying people to jeeps parading
them through villages and using them as human shields , coercing young college
students and beating them till they bleed while forcing them to chant certain
slogans shows open endorsement rather pursuance of the policy of revenge and
punishment by the Indian state against a people demanding their basic political
right,” he said.
Miwaiz said what the state
needs to understand is that repeated atrocities repression and highhandedness
has outlived its effectiveness as an instrument of taming Kashmiris and only
acts as a catalyst to further strengthen people’s resolve to seek justice
dignity and their political right to decide their future.
“In the best interest of all
living in the volatile region, Govt. of India should accept the reality in and
of Kashmir, More so after the recent peoples verdict in the so called
‘elections’ which Govt. of India uses as an alibi to legitimize its control and
should address the issue seriously and maturely respecting the aspirations of
the people of Kashmir,” he said.
Meanwhile Mirwaiz also
condemned the killings of Bashir Ahmed Dar who was associated with ruling PDP
in Pulwama. He said every killing is sad and people should be left to their
conscience to decide for their actions and not harmed on the basis of their
political affiliations.