A group of Kashmiri youths have appealed for help saying theywere stuck in Haryana’s Hisar district for the past few days due to thenationwide lockdown imposed to check the spread of coronavirus.
The youths through a video available on social media saidthey are residents of Kupwara district and have been stuck in Hisar for thepast few days.
“We are a group of ten Kashmiri youth from Kupwara andare currently stuck in Hisar. We appeal all concerned that we should be helped.We have not eaten much for few days and survived on stuff like noodles. Thereis complete lockdown and we appeal to the government and public that we shouldbe helped,” said one of the youth seen in the video.
He said some of them had come to Harayana for part time jobsbut after the lockdown was announced they got stuck.
“Request @Dchautala to kindly intervene & provideassistance,” tweeted Iltija Mufti on Thursday, who uses her mother anddetained PDP president and former J-K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s verifiedTwitter handle.
“@MehboobaMufti ji help provided to the Kashmiris (stuckin) Hisar,” tweeted Haryana’s Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala inresponse.