Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik today condemned, what he said, the ‘revengeful action’ by the government forces against civilians on Monday in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, terming it as ‘cowardly’ act.
“Attacks on the families of opponents can only be termed as a cowardly act. What happened to the DG police’s sermons on not involving families into war between two parties?,” Malik said in a statement. “These attacks by the forces are acts of state oppression,” he added.
Malik said “Attacking the house of a youth Zeenat- ul Islam, destroying fruit orchards and vandalizing residential houses and people’s properties at Turkwangum, Sugan, and other villages in Shopian are the acts that can only be termed as cowardly.”
“Attacking families of rivals and innocent people of villages and creating havoc in the whole area has exposed the high claims of morality, ethics and principles often propagated by Indian leaders and their Kashmiri partners in power,” Malik said.
He said, “Some time back, Police chief Dr S P Vaid had appealed for restraint in case of families and delivered sermons on not involving families into war between two parties. Today government forces attacked the family of Zeenat ul Islam and other common people including men, women children of the area, destroyed their residential properties and fruit gardens, vandalised villages and beat people without the discrimination of age and gender. This has exposed these tall claims and sermons of high morals and ethics.”
Condemning the ‘brutal’ killing of a civilian Bilal Ganaie of Kakpora , Pulwama, JKLF chairman said, “Eye witnesses have confirmed that forces opened fire on this innocent person and killed him in cold blood.”
Meanwhile, Yasin Malik condoled the demise of the one of the founder members of JKLF Khawaja Ghulam Ahmad Butt at Dhoak Kashmiriyan Rawalpandi Pakistan.
“The deceased who was originally from Rajouri Kadal Srinagar had migrated to Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) in 1950,” he said, praying for the deceased and expressing sympathies with the bereaved family. GKNN