Muslim League (ML) Jammu Kashmir, headed by incarcerated senior leader Masarat Alam Bhat today alleged that the Pakistani prisoners lodged in different jails were subjected to mental and physical torture.
“Pakistani prisoners lodged in Udhampur, Kotbalwal, Kathua and other jails are meted out inhuman treatment. The jail authorities treat these prisoners like professional criminals in jails which have been turned into worst centres of interrogation,” a ML spokesman said in a statement.
“ML appeals to the Pakistan ambassador in Delhi and human rights organisations to visit these jails and see how prisoners are tortured mentally and physically and are denied their basic rights,” the statement added.
“Pakistani prisoners, who are in jails for the last 10-15 years have been recently shifted to Kotbalwal, Udhampur, Kathua and other jails from Central Jail Srinagar, are kept in dark narrow cells and denied basic rights. They are forced to work in garden. In case of they refuse then they are beaten ruthlessly. Besides, they are given unhygienic food due to which their health is deteriorating day by day. They are not even allowed to keep money in their PP account which is their legal right,” the statement alleged.