Srinagar Dec 23 (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Saturday held a peaceful protest against the civilian killings in Bafliaz Poonch and demanded timebound judicial probe into the incident.
According to a statement issued to KNS, The protest was led by the party General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar. Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani Sogami, Chief Spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq, Political Advisor to VP Mudassar Shahmiri, Senior leader Nazir Ahmad Khan Gurezi, State Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar, Central Zone President Ali Muhammad Dar, VP Kashmir Ahsan Pardesi, Provincial President YNC Salman Ali Sagar, Women's wing Sabiya Qadri, Provincial Secretary Showkat Ahmad Mir, In Charge Social Media Ifra Jan, Media, Social Media, YNC, Women's Wing functionaries were also present in the protest.
The protesters demanding justice for the victims were not allowed to leave the premises of the party headquarters by the police, who closed both the main gates leading to the party headquarters.
The functionaries condemned the killings of three civilians allegedly by the army and demanded a thorough judicial probe into the incident.
Earlier a resolution was unanimously passed by the party functionaries condemning the killings of five Jawans and injury to two others in an attack in Poonch. A resolution also condemned the killing of three civilians in Poonch in the aftermath of the attack.
Interacting with the media on the occasion, Sagar said, “We demand justice for the families of civilians who were killed in the aftermath of the Poonch attack. Killers of innocent civilians must be unmasked and booked. It is therefore incumbent upon the authorities to immediately establish a judicial committee which will investigate in a free and fair manner.”(KNS)