Srinagar, Apr 18 (KNS): Chairman JKLF Muhammad Yasin Malik has strongly condemned the prolonged incarceration of JKLF Zonal President Noor Muhammad Kalwal, Deputy Chief Organizer Siraj Ud din Mir and district president Baramulla Abdul Rashid Magloo who are languishing in police station Kothibagh, Police station Kreeri and Sub Jail Baramulla respectively.
The statement issued to KNS reads that Kalwal was bailed out by court yesterday but as he stepped outside central jail Srinagar, he was re-arrested by Miasma police and presented before court today which has extended his police custody till 23rd April 2018.
“Similarly, the judicial remand of incarcerated Siraj ud din Mir and Abdul Rashid Magloo has also been extended till 23rd April 2018,” the statement said.
While condemning this police ‘highhandedness’ against peaceful political activists and leaders and use of ugly police tactics to prolong their incarceration, Malik said that on one hand rulers and their authorities brag about giving space to peaceful political activities but on the other hand these people are trying every foul tactic to choke every little space on political leaders and activists.
“Yesterday to visit a bereaved family at Chatergul Kangan, we had to travel secretly and after reaching there an exemplary peaceful program was organized but still police arrested us and barred our from going to another bereaved family. This is the reality of their tall claims of democracy and freedom which they are using from many decades in Jammu Kashmir,” Malik stated.
He said that from last many days, police is trying all its deceit to prolong the incarceration of Kalwal, Siraj Ud din Mir and Abdul Rashid Magloo which is highly condemnable. “By pushing peaceful political activists and young boys to the wall, rulers and their forces are actually promoting violence which is highly condemnable,” Malik said.
Condemning the assault on students in Sopore, Islamabad, Pulwama, Bandipora and at many other places in Kashmir in which many students including girl students have sustained injuries, Malik said that “trigger happy Indian forces and police only know to kill and injure people that is ordered by their political masters.”
Meanwhile, Malik paid tributes slain pro-freedom leader, S. Hameed on his martyrdom day today.
Terming Hameed as ‘a selfless person, a courageous warrior and a dedicated leader’, Malik said that “he was martyred by SOG terrorists in custody and his killing also reminds us of the ugly Indian repression.”
While praying for his heavenly abode, Malik expressed solidarity with his bereaved family. (KNS)