Anantnag, Dec 15 (KNS): Mirwaiz South Kashmir and Chairman of Ummat-e-Islami Jammu Kashmir, Qazi Ahmed Yasir, Thursday visited the house of Basit Rasool Dar, a Hizbul Mujahideen militant who was killed in South Kashmir’s Bijbehara.
In a statement issued to KNS, he said Basit had picked up arms in October and was deeply hurt over Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani's killing.
While addressing a gathering at Basit's home in Marhama, Bijbehara, Yasir said that a militant from an economically sound family denotes that the sentiment goes beyond economics.
“The young boys who are picking up guns again now after Burhan Wani’s killing is a serious concern and the government should take note of it,” he told the gathering.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
“The cause for more young boys picking up arms against India is what the government has been doing here. They have forced youth to follow this path as there has been no development in solving the Kashmir dispute.”
He also paid rich tributes to veteran pro-freedom leader Sofi Muhammad Akbar on his death anniversary.
“Sofi Sahib was a great leader and had love for the nation and till his last breathe fought against the oppressive regimes,” he said.
Yasir along with party workers is also holding a sit-in demonstration against the continuous detention of Moulana Sarjan Barkati and many other detainees who have been picked up by police during the months of uprising. (KNS)