In occupied Kashmir, Hurriyet leaders and organisations have strongly denounced the custodial killing of an innocent student, Manzoor Ahmed Magray, by Indian troops in Chogal area of Handwara.
Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, who is in New Delhi for medical check–up, in a statement issued in Srinagar termed the killing as an act of state terrorism. He said that India was engaged in genocide of Kashmiris through its troops. “At a time when the authorities were making tall claims of decrease in human rights violations, an innocent youth has been ruthlessly killed by Army in Chogal.”
He maintained that unless there is complete demilitarization of Jammu and Kashmir, no civilian is safe. He pointed out that on February 05, last year, the troopers killed Zahid Farooq of Nishat. “And the killing of Manzoor Ahmed Magray, in Chogal by Army has made it categorically clear that the ground situation has not changed in Kashmir as the innocent killings are still on,” he said.
The All Parties Hurriyet Conference leaders, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi, Shabbir Ahmad Shah and Nayeem Ahmad Khan in their statements condemning the killing in strong terms said that such barbaric incidents would continue to occur till the presence of Indian troops in the occupied territory. They said that murder of the youth in Handwara had exposed New Delhi’s claims of zero-tolerance to human rights violations in the territory.
The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-R, Farooq Ahmad Dar and senior Vice Chairman, Javid Ahmad in a joint statement described the killing as an inhuman act. They expressed solidarity with the family of the martyred student.
The Jammu and Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi and the Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement also condemned the custodial murder of the student at Chogal in Handwara. »
