Srinagar, Oct 23 (KNS): The Group of Concerned Citizens, Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday said expressed shock over the civilian killings in Kulgam district on Sunday.
The group, comprising academician, senior civil servants, jurists, journalists. and trade union leaders in a statement issued to KNS said that "the tragic occurrence raises grave concerns about the mode and manner of the security forces operation that left seven civilians dead and scores injured, some of whom, battling for life in hospitals at Srinagar."
The SOPs have been apparently violated, with impunity," the group said, adding that the Kulgam killings raise many questions that remain unanswered and would be unraveled if a thorough probe into the brutal and dastardly incident, is conducted.
"We strongly condemn the loss of innocent lives and call for an impartial and time-bound probe into the painful incident, at the highest level, through credible persons, so that those responsible for it are unmasked and dealt with under law," the group said, adding that "we express our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families."
The civilian deaths once again underscore need for an immediate, meaningful and result oriented dialogue between the stakeholders, it added.
The group as per the statement include Jus (Rtd) Hasnain Masoodi, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India, M Shafi Pandit Former Chairman Public Service Commission G.R.Sufi Former Chief Information Commissioner Abdul Wahid Qureshi Former Vice Chancellor Kashmir University and Founder Vice Chancellor Central University Kashmir Hashmatullah Khan Former Vice Chancellor SKUAST University Fayaz A Kaloo Editor-in-Chief, Greater Kashmir and President Editors Guild Masood Hussain, Artist Rafiq Masoodi, Former Addl.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelDirector General, Doordarshan, Munshi Ghulam Hassan Former Chairman J&K Bank, M Zaman Azurda Professor, Former Dean & Head, Faculty of Arts, Prof Nusrat Andrabi, Former Principal Govt. College for Women, Anuradha Bhasin Executive Editor, Kashmir Times, Feroz Ahmad, Former Commissioner/Secretary to Government (Leh), A. R. Khan, Former IGP and Member State Human Rights Commission, Syed Noor-Ul-Hassan, Former Pr. Chief Conservator of Forest, G.H.Kango Former Pr. Chief Conservator of Forest Krishan Lal Entrepreneur, G.D. Bakshi Progressive Farmer (Rajouri, Jammu), G.A.Peer Former Commissioner/Secretary to Government, Prof. Indu Kilam Professor, Jammu University (Jammu), Prof. Zahuruddin Professor, Jammu University (Jammu), M.S.Rather Former Commissioner/Secretary to Govt and Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir Red Cross, G.H.Rather Former Development Commissioner Power Rambir Singh Bali Advocate J&K High Court, M. Altaf Khan Advocate J&K High Court, GJ Nehvi, Former Commissioner/Secretary, Govt of J&K, Syed Masood Shah Entrepreneur, G. D. Bakshi Progressive Farmer (Rajouri, Jammu), M.S. Magrey Former Managing Director J&K State Financial Corporation, Mohammad Syed Former Managing Director J&K Agro Industries, Sampat Prakash, Trade Union Leader, Kashmir. (KNS)