Srinagar, Jan 6 (KNS): Jammu Kashmir National Front Chairman and Hurriyat leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan has said that justice continues to elude the victim families of gory Sopore massacre for the past 23 years whose near and dear ones lost their lives at the hands of Indian occupied forces in the Apple town of Sopore on January 6, 1993.
Remembering the victims of Sopore massacre on their 23rd anniversary Nayeem Ahmad Khan said that 57 innocent civilians were massacred by the BSF men however, such massacres and bloodshed have failed to kill the freedom sentiment of Kashmiri people.
Spokesman National Front in a statement to KNS said while saluting the pro-freedom stance of Zinda Dilan-e-Sopore, Nayeem Ahmad Khan said BSF troops tried their best to eradicate the emotions of people but people of the apple town are still firm on the way of resistance.
He said that BSF men sprayed gun powder, petrol and kerosene on the buildings in Sopore and torched them after killing 57 innocent people.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelHe said that around 400 commercial establishments and 75 residential houses were set ablaze in five localities of Sopore by BSF men who went on a rampage only because people of Sopore are known for their pro-freedom political stance. Nayeem Ahmad Khan said that Kashmiri people have not any hopes of justice with India which managed the closure of Sopore case citing lack of evidence. “There are countless cases like Sopore massacre where New Delhi has practically exhibited that it treats Kashmir as its colony,” Nayeem Ahmad Khan said.
He once again appealed the rights organisations active on international front to come forward for the rescue of Kashmiri people who are facing all sorts of violations at the hands of the Indian occupied forces and their collaborators. (KNS)