Srinagar, Apr 17 (KNS): Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who continues to be under house arrest, Monday denounced the use of savage force against students, terming it as ‘worst form of state terrorism.’
Reacting to the widespread pro-freedom protests across various educational institutions across the valley by the students after the forces and police barged into degree college Pulwama on Saturday during which they beat harassed and gravely injured more than 50 students, Mirwaiz said that “barbaric raj of Indian forces and police was prevalent in Kashmir to the extent that troopers and police did not even spare protesting students as they forcibly barged into their educational institutions and fired tear gas canisters, showered pellets, and ruthlessly tortured them which was amply displayed in every nook and corner of the valleys educational institutions, as if seeking revenge from the students.”
Mirwaiz said that “the anguish of the students is understandable given the repression and barbarity of the state that they are witnessing around them.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel”
He however, asked the students to be cautious and take care of themselves as no restraint or disciplined response can be expected from the unbridled Indian forces and the police in dealing with them as they have been given a free hand to kill and maim Kashmiris under any pretext.
“The state will justify the barbarity of its forces through its prejudiced media by labeling them as "antinational" and justify assaulting and punishing them accordingly before their nation and the world,” he added.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of Hurriyat (M) has denounced the continuous house arrest of Mirwaiz, adding, it was highly condemnable that the government was keeping the resistance leaders in jails and under house arrests.
The spokesman also denounced the killing of Advocate Imtiyaz Ahmad Khan by unknown gunmen in Pinjoora Shopian. (KNS)