Srinagar: Situation remained normal throughout the valley. However, isolated stone pelting by some miscreants were reported from Gulshan Chowk and Naid Khai in Bandipora and Khanpora in Baramulla.
According to a police handout issued to KNS, miscreants pelted stones upon an ambulance at Sheikh Mohalla Bandipora resulting in injuries to the ambulance driver Javed Ahmad Mir and damage to the ambulance.
North Kashmir should defeat wickedness of vote asking politicians: JKLF
Srinagar: JKLF Public awareness program asking people to keep away from Indian elections continued today and various JKLF leaders and activists visited many villages, towns and other important places in north Kashmir and besides addressing people at various places distributed boycott related written material among masses.
“Police, army and STF raids on JKLF workers, leaders and activists also continued and police along with army raided the residence of JKLF district President Kulgam Abdul Sattar last night. Besides this many people including a student of BSC Ishfaq Ahmad Lone has been arrested by police from Zainakot HMT,” said a JKLF statement issued to KNS.
The statement added: “Despite these oppressive measures JKLF leaders continued with their peaceful program and JKLF zonal president Noor Mohammad kalwal addressed people at Karhama Tengmarg while as senior leaders Mohammad Zaman Mir and Zonal General Secretary Sheikh Abdul Rashid visited Behrampora Rafiaabad, Siraj ud din Mir visited Drooru Tengmarg, Professor javed visited Gund Jahangeer Bandipora, Abdul Rashid Magloo visited Tarzoo Sopore, Molvi Reyaz visited Brath Kalan Zainageer, Ghulam Qadir Khan visited Senad Sangrama, Syed Nisar Jeelani visited Saderkot Bandipora, Mushtaq Ahmad Wani visited Saad I Naar, Ghulam Jeelani visited Ajas Bandipora,and Pir Abdul Rashid visited Androoni Bandipora and addressed people at these places. JKLF leaders and activists also visited Handwara Chowk, Kupwara Chowk, Younis Kulangam,Natnoosa, Tareth pora, Magma Handwara, Trehgam Kupwara,Lone Haray etc and distributed boycott related pamphlets among people at these places.”
The statement said: “In their speeches leaders apprised people of the bad effects and consequences of participating in Indian elections and said that boycotting Indian elections is our moral and political right as well as duty because these elections are meant to weaken our freedom struggle and voice. Speakers said that the main aim and objective of elections organized by India and held under Indian constitution is to prolong the slavery of Kashmiris, to legislate new tyrannical and oppressive laws against people of Jammu Kashmir and to subject Kashmiris to torture and repression .Therefore participation in these election In any name is showing enmity with Kashmir and Kashmiris.”
“Leaders said that whole world knows that people who have rendered most sacrifices and have suffered most are the people of north Kashmir, but now some wicked politicians have jumped in the field, asking us for votes. There sole aim and job is to undermine the sacrifices and take out the love and passion for freedom from our hearts and souls. Leaders asked the people of north Kashmir to rise to the occasion and defeat the wickedness of these vote asking politicians through their total boycott.
Leaders said that participating in Indian elections is like legitimizing Indian oppression in Jammu Kashmir and kashmiris will have to keep their eyes and hearts open and keep away from this sugar coated poison that is used to weaken and finish our resistance and struggle for freedom.”
While condemning the continues arrest of JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and other resistance leaders and activists, thousands of youth, police raids, restrictions and other oppressive measures by police and forces, JKLF leaders said that these arrests and other oppressive measures have once again proved the fact that Indian elections in Jammu Kashmir are a mere eye wash and a stage managed drama aimed at hoodwinking the international opinion and be fooling their own people in India. Speakers said that these arrests and restrictions on peaceful political activities have proved that these elections are an institutionalized manipulation and India through these measures is only trying to befool the world.
Condemning the brutal killing of a young man Bashir Ahmad Bhat at Nawakadal Srinagar and injuring hundreds of others throughout valley from last 3 days, Speakers said that these elections, assembly and parliament has always inflicted trouble on Kashmiris and the members elected to these assemblies and parliaments are only deputed to safeguard the interests of India and conceal the crimes of its forces and agencies. Leaders appealed people to keep the mission and sacrifices of martyrs in sight and boycott these fraud elections.
Court of enquiry a routine matter: PRO CRPF
Srinagar: The state government has ordered district Magistrate Srinagar to hold enquiry into Nawakadal firing incident which led to the killing of a youth on April 30 evening.
According to Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, an enquiry has been ordered to look into the death of Bashir Ahmad son of Mohammad Shafi resident of Gratabal, Nawa Kadal, Srinagar allegedly during the firing incident at Nawa Kadal, Srinagar on April 30, 2014.
“District Magistrate, Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Shah has been appointed as Enquiry Officer who shall submit the report along with recommendations within 15 days.”
A 22 year old youth Bashir Ahmad Bhat got killed when CRPF allegedly opened fire. Four others, including a woman were injured in the firing that reportedly took place on a group of youth allegedly pelting stone in Nawakadal area on April 30 evening. The government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident. The injured were identified as Haleema Bano wife of Reyaz Ahmad Shakshaz and Nazir Ahmad Kaloo, both residents of Gratbal. Bashir son of Muhammad Shafi Bhat a resident of Gratbal, Nawakadal was doing Pashmina business.
The PRO, CRPF, Kishore Prasad told KNS that CRPF has started court of enquiry which is a routine matter in any such incident wherever CRPF personnel are deployed. “This court of enquiry does not mean that CRPF personnel are responsible for the killing as we order court of enquiry even if a weapon from any of personnel gets damaged or any round fo fire is misplaced,” Prasad told KNS.
“Repressive measures won’t impede Kashmir movement’
Srinagar: Hizbul Mujahideen has strongly condemned Nawakdal killing and what it called ‘repressive measures’ including arrests, preventive detentions, harassment, using tear smoke shells, aerial firing and firing on protesters used by the authorities to conduct polling in Kashmir.
In a statement issued to KNS, Salim Hashmi, spokesman of the Hizbul Mujahideen said: “We appeal all international human rights organizations to take cognizance of the worst human rights situation and expose all those responsible for these brazen rights abuses in Kashmir. The world community and human rights bodies should take notice of the rights abuse and agitate against Indian repression in Jammu and Kashmir.”
Hashmi added that world rights bodies should also use its office to stop India from further human rights violations in Kashmir. The Hizbul Mujahideen has also condemned the Sangrama firing incident in which four persons including Hizb former spokesman Abdul Khaliq Dar alias Junaid-ul-Islam were injured in an attack on Tata 407 passenger bus. The Hizb has also prayed for speedy recovery of the injured. “We think that such incidents won’t impede Kashmir movement and instead the same would boost it further. The Kashmir movement would continue till its logical conclusion.”
Srinagar: A Deputy Commandant of CRPF on Friday allegedly have a brawl with Station House Officer Batamaloo here triggered by preventing children from playing cricket by paramilitary forces at Tengpora locality here.
Sources and eyewitnesses told GNS that a contingent of 73 battalion CRPF caught some kids playing cricket on roadside at Tengpora on Friday afternoon. Led by the Deputy Commandant, the paramilitary forces even started to beat up some kids, accusing them of planning to create disturbance in the area.
In the meantime, a police party which was passing through the area objected to it and saved the kids.
Enraged by of police’s support to kids, the Dy Commandant allegedly took his pistol out and aimed it at SHO.
The deputy Commandant, they said, also accused police of being “hand in glove with militants and stone-pelters.”
In a related development, sources said that locals have lodged a written complaint against the erring paramilitary personnel at police station Batmaloo for beating the cricket playing kids.
When contacted, spokesman of CRPF, Kishore Prasad first feigned ignorance about the incident and asked GNS to wait before confirming it.
After about few minutes, the spokesman said that CRPF personnel only asked the kids not to play cricket “as the area is prone for stone pelting.”
“However, when police came in support of the kids, there were some verbal exchanges and nothing more. They (public) is making a mountain out of a molehill.”
Despite repeated attempts, SSP Srinagar could not be contacted even as it has been reliably known that the SHO has taken up the issue with him. (GNS)
Srinagar: One of the four injured in April 30, Nawakadal firing incident has been kept on ventilator after one of his fingers was amputated by doctors here in a city hospital.
Moeen Ahmad Akhoon son of Bilal Ahmad Akhoon who got injured in the incident has been kept on ventilator in SMHS after he fell unconscious today, doctors attending him told KNS.
Talking to KNS, Moeen’s father Bilal Ahmad said: “He is my only son and my family depends on him. There is no movement in his body. I don’t know what will happen to him,” Bilal told KNS while appealing people for special prayers for his son.
A senior doctor attending Moeen told KNS: “The index finger of his left hand was amputated as it had got completely damaged by the bullet. Later he underwent into an unexplainable shock so was kept on ventilator. We cannot say anything about his condition right now.”
Srinagar: IGP CRPF P K Singh on Friday said that since the police is investigating the Nawakadal firing incident the CRPF will fully cooperate with the investigating agency to reach out to the circumstances which led to the death of a youth in the incident.
Talking to KNS, the IG CRPF said: “I don’t want to say anything on this issue because it is a police subject and they are investigating the matter. But the CRPF being a government agency will fully cooperate with the police in its investigations into the matter. We have already initiated court of enquiry because CRPF personnel were also deployed there.”
Bashir Ahmad Bhat, a 22 year-old youth got killed in the firing incident on April 30 evening at Nawakdal. Four other has sustained injuries in the incident. (KNS)
‘Mufti rewarded Kashmiris with Jagmohan; Farooq pushed state in Ikhwan rule’
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Fridaysaid the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party are glorified Ikhwanis as they intentionally facilitated the massacres and killings of Kashmiris in their unique white collar style.
“PDP patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed who went to become the Home minister of India in ‘90s presided over the worst excesses committed in Kashmir. He sent Jagmohan as the governor and we all know Jagmohan was consumed with hatred for the Kashmiris and he executed his tough policies of catch and kill with the blessing of Mufti. It was during Mufti’s tenure as Home Minister that AFSPA was extended to the Valley, “Lone said while campaigning for party candidate Salamuddin Bajad in several parts of north Kashmir. According to a statement issued to KNS, Lone further said Farooq Abdullah after becoming Chief Minister in a selection process- which was branded as election in 1996- pushed the whole state in the grip of Ikhwan rule.
“Prior to 1996, Farooq was hopping from one international forum to another defending those who were indulging in human rights violations in Kashmir. After becoming the Chief Minister he was in the most vindictive mood trying his best to punish the Kashmiris,” Lone said. “They are nothing short of glorified Ikhwanis. The only difference is that they wear a tie and act behind the curtains like cowards.” Lone said calling PDP-NC twinship as Kashmiri or pro -Kashmiri is a slur for all those who have lost their lives during past more than two decades.
“For every injustice meted out to the Kashmiris, for every humiliation suffered by the Kashmiris, for all those killings, for all those carnages in Kashmir both the parties (NC and PDP) and their leaders have their signatures on every atrocity,” he said. Lone said both the NC and the PDP have the same ideology as the BJP and the Congress. “Don’t get mislead by the sloganeering and rhetoric of the two parties. Give me one instance when they have suffered or sacrificed for the sake of the Kashmir cause. Their Kashmiri leanings do not stretch beyond the newspaper statements”, Lone told the gatherings. Lone said it is time people come forward and through their vote make the distinction between a pro Kashmiri and an anti-Kashmiri entity.
Srinagar: Syed Ali Geelani, chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) has asked the state government to stop arrest spree and release the youth who have been detained from different places of the city and its adjoining areas. Geelani also warned the government that ‘it will be responsible for the consequences if it did not act immediately and release the youth.’ In telephonic statement to KNS, Geelani said: “I ask the authorities that it will be responsible for the consequences if it does not stop its repressive measures and free the youth who have been detained from her and there. The situation has now become intolerable for the people as I received calls from every nook and corner complaining about police highhandedness, harassment and arrest spree. I warn the state government to release the youth without any delay or face the consequences.” Geelani also clarified that he has not extended any strike call for tomorrow.
Srinagar: National Conference Leader and Speaker Legislative Assembly Mubarak Gul today visited those who were injured in the incident of firing in Nawa Kadal at SMHS Hospital in Srinagar and inquired about their health from the doctors and hospital administration. According to a statement issued to KNS, Gul inquired about the facilities and treatment being provided to the injured and also met their family members and expressed solidarity with them and prayed for the quick recovery of the injured. Stating that National Conference stands with the families of the injured in this hour of grief and anguish, Mubarak Gul asked the doctors and hospital administration to provide all required assistance to the families of the injured and continue extending intensive, round-the-clock monitoring and treatment for the injured.