Srinagar, Apr 28 (KNS): Terming the killing of 55 year old, Muhammad Yusuf Butt as ‘act of callousness and cowardice’, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik Friday said that ‘Indian army directly fired upon innocent people that too in front of media and cameras and even did not spared police’.
According to the statement issued to KNS, Malik said, “Media people are witness to how an army major pointed his gun towards common people and fired indiscriminately killing one and injuring many and if a police officer on spot would not have succeeded in stopping him, the death toll would have been much high.”
Malik said that “this belligerence and cold bloodedness of Indian army, forces and police is because of the policies of fascist rulers who have given them a free hand to kill and maim people and who are on daily basis issuing threats to common people of Jammu Kashmir.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel”
“Immunity from punishment has made Indian forces and army blood thirsty and they are shamelessly killing people with impunity,” he said.
While expressing solidarity with the bereaved family of Butt, JKLF chief prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured in army firing.
Meanwhile, JKLF chairman paid tributes to martyr Muhammad Haneef Aamir who embraced martyrdom in 1991.
Terming martyr Aamir as ‘a great son of soil’, JKLF chief said that his sacrifice will always be remembered.
According to the statement, a delegation of JKLF comprising of JKLF senior zonal vice president Muhammad Yasin Butt and zonal organizer Bashir Ahmad Kashmiri visited the residence of Aamir and expressed solidarity with them.
Leaders also participated in a congregational prayers meeting held for martyrs of Jammu Kashmir. (KNS)