Srinagar, Apr 18: The killing of teenager Suhail Ahmad Sofi in police firing in Narbal Saturday evoked widespread condemnation from political, religious and social organizations in Kashmir.
Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani termed as propaganda the claim that the Narbal killing occurred due to shutdown called by him.
“If it is so, why was an innocent youth killed in Tral few days back when there was no hartal in place. This is a mischievous propaganda of agencies that are indulging in worst kind of state terrorism. The shutdown is only option left to protest innocent killings. Shutdown is not our hobby but a necessity when innocents are killed by government forces,” Geelani said.
Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, while condemning the killing, said, laws like Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) have given “Indian forces legal license to kill Kashmiris. The international community must take note of this alarming situation and intervene to stop bloodshed of hapless Kashmiris. They should discharge their moral obligation of ending aggressive policy pursued by Indian troops against Kashmiris.”
“The state government is an equal accomplice in these acts of butchery. It looks that the 2010 legacy of killing Kashmiri youth in cold-blood by National Conference government will be carried forward by PDP-led government,” he said.
Hurriyat leader Mukhtar Ahmad Waza condemned the “cold blooded and barbaric murder” of teenager in Narbal.
Condemning the killing, Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (HCBA), at its executive committee meeting here, termed it a gruesome act and “cold blooded murder.”
“Killing innocent civilians is a weapon used by government forces to curb and suppress voice of Kashmiris demanding right to self-determination,” a Bar spokesman said.
United Jihad Council (UJC) chief Syed Sallahuddin, while condemning the killing, said, “It has proved that NarendraModi through Mufti government is repeating Gujrat model of ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Kashmir.”
“The forces’ action against protestors reminds the world about dictatorial policies. BJP is pushing people of Kashmir to the wall and is compelling them to take up arms against such atrocities,” Sallahuddin, according to a UJC spokesman, said.
“Killing of unarmed people by government forces is worst human rights violation and PDP is acting as puppet in the hands of BJP. The PDP doesn’t have authority to release single person and is responsible for killing of innocent civilians.”
Incarcerated separatist leader and chairman Muslim DeeniMahaz, Dr Muhammad Qasim, while denouncing the killing, expressed solidarity with the bereaved family and demanded exemplary punishment to “killer forces.”
Condemning the killing, Jama’at-e-Islami J&K, termed as “worst type of state barbarism and terrorism against defenseless people of the state.”
“Jamaat demands impartial probe by any international judicial commission into extra-judicial killings by Indian security forces in J&K from 1990 onwards. International forums for human rights should take a serious note of blatant human rights violations in J&K by Indian security agencies and take necessary measures to stop such violations,” Jama’at spokesman said in a statement.
National Front chairman and Hurriyat Conference JK leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan expressed deep shock and grief over the killing of Suhail.
Lashing out at politicians “who praise the Indian democracy”, Khan said, “Such elements should remember that people are a force and this force has thrown out countless crowns throughout history.”
Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) chairman Shabir Ahmad Shah, while denouncing the killing, held the state administration responsible for it.
Shah, in a statement, accused chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed of “fulfilling the agenda of RSS/BJP in Jammu and Kashmir.”
Rejecting probes ordered by authorities into civilian killings, Shah said, “These investigations are nothing but an eye-wash to pacify public anger and mislead common masses.”
Dukhtran-e-Millat chairperson SyedaAasiyaAndrabi strongly condemned, what she called, barbaric murder of Suhail Ahmad, urging people of Jammu Kashmir to protest against this “murder.”
Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement chairman Zaffar Akbar Bhat, while strongly condemning the killing, said, “such incidents establish that India wants to convert the whole Kashmir into a silent graveyard.”
Jammu Kashmir People’s League spokesman ImtiyazReshi, while denouncing the killing, termed it as ‘cold blooded murder’.
Expressing his condemnation and grief, President J&K Anjuman-e-SharieShian, Aga Syed Hassan MosaviAlsafvi said if state administration “won’t take serious measures and forces don’t change their attitude, it could lead to an explosive situation.”
Lastupdate on : Sat, 18 Apr 2015 21:30:00 Makkah time
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