PDP MP Karra calls
Mufti’s Police “law unto itself”
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
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SRINAGAR, Jun 23: Outsmarting the Opposition National Conference as well as the separatist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference, senior PDP leader and Lok Sabha member from Central Kashmir, Tariq Hameed Karra , has strongly condemned what he called the unwarranted police action inside the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar.
In a statement issued late on Saturday night, Karra held the Police responsible for “direct firing of tear-smoke shells inside the Masjid and that too during Ramadan”. He called it “a highly condemnable and deplorable act”. He demanded the police personnel involved in this sacrilegious act should be taken to task for hurting the sentiments of the people.
Karra said the police seem to have become “an authority unto itself in Kashmir” especially after the 2010 unrest “as none of the cops had to face legal action for the killing of around 120 civilians including teenagers on the streets of the Valley”.
“Ironically even the political executive now seems to be subservient to the haughtiness of the police as they are watching the situation helplessly,” he said and added that while police seems to have” failed in performing its routine duties including tackling crime and streamlining traffic, the force has mastered the art of letting loose reign of repression on the hapless Kashmiris even on minor provocations”.
Karra also condemned the police action inside the Kashmir University campus and accused the police of turning the situation back to early nineties by such actions. He also demanded immediate release of the arrested student of Pulwama district who has been detained for his alleged involvement in a militancy related incident. The University campuses have witnessed protest demonstrations against the student’s arrest and demanded his release.
Karra’s assertion is significant in the sense that none other than his party PDP’s chief patron and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is holding the Home portfolio.
Karra called upon the State’s political executive to come forward with the much-needed assertion of authority on issues pertaining to the sentiments of the people and ensure a turnaround in the security scenario and developmental scenario as was visible on the ground after 2002 elections.
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Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
_______
SRINAGAR, Jun 23: Outsmarting the Opposition National Conference as well as the separatist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference, senior PDP leader and Lok Sabha member from Central Kashmir, Tariq Hameed Karra , has strongly condemned what he called the unwarranted police action inside the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar.
In a statement issued late on Saturday night, Karra held the Police responsible for “direct firing of tear-smoke shells inside the Masjid and that too during Ramadan”. He called it “a highly condemnable and deplorable act”. He demanded the police personnel involved in this sacrilegious act should be taken to task for hurting the sentiments of the people.
Karra said the police seem to have become “an authority unto itself in Kashmir” especially after the 2010 unrest “as none of the cops had to face legal action for the killing of around 120 civilians including teenagers on the streets of the Valley”.
“Ironically even the political executive now seems to be subservient to the haughtiness of the police as they are watching the situation helplessly,” he said and added that while police seems to have” failed in performing its routine duties including tackling crime and streamlining traffic, the force has mastered the art of letting loose reign of repression on the hapless Kashmiris even on minor provocations”.
Karra also condemned the police action inside the Kashmir University campus and accused the police of turning the situation back to early nineties by such actions. He also demanded immediate release of the arrested student of Pulwama district who has been detained for his alleged involvement in a militancy related incident. The University campuses have witnessed protest demonstrations against the student’s arrest and demanded his release.
Karra’s assertion is significant in the sense that none other than his party PDP’s chief patron and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is holding the Home portfolio.
Karra called upon the State’s political executive to come forward with the much-needed assertion of authority on issues pertaining to the sentiments of the people and ensure a turnaround in the security scenario and developmental scenario as was visible on the ground after 2002 elections.
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