Srinagar, Feb 08 (KNS): Expressing strong resentment over the arbitrary arrests of youths in Natnusa village of north Kashmir’s Handwara district, the incarcerated chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmad Shah on Wednesday said the only crime of these people is that they demanded the body of the martyr Azharuddin Khan to perform his last rites.
In a statement issued to KNS, Shah termed the statement of police as misleading and concerning saying such behaviour towards the people is intolerable.
He strongly condemned the arrest of 31 people including minors saying police through such acts are pushing youth to the wall.
Demanding unconditional release of all those picked up, Shah said police must bear in mind that it has to live and die in the same society.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel“Such kind of police activities should stop as it will yield serious repercussions.”
Shah said to return the mortal remains of martyrs for performing last rites is a religious obligation and police has not right to stop the people from making such demands. “And to intimidate or arrest is unjustified. It is intolerable,” he said.
The DFP chairman said the police is doing all this at the behest of its political masters and is completely ignoring the people’s sentiments. “Our youths are sacrificing their lives for a greater cause and people’s affections towards the martyred youth is a natural phenomena,” he said. (KNS)