SRINAGAR: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has strongly condemned the recent incidents of ‘custodial death’ and shooting in Jammu and Kashmir, terming these acts as “extra-judicial killings and rights violations.”
Expressing deep concern over the lack of accountability, Mirwaiz as per Kashmir Dot Com said that such acts continue unchecked, with the perpetrators never being brought to justice.
His statement follows the death of a Gujjar tribal youth, Makhan Din, allegedly by suicide after custodial torture in Kathua, and the killing of truck driver Wasim Malla by security forces in Sopore.
“After large-scale arbitrary arrests throughout the valley, deaths of two persons—one in Kathua of a Gujjar tribal youth, Makhan Din, by suicide after custodial torture, and the other in Sopore of truck driver Wasim Malla by shooting by forces during the past two days—while highly condemnable, is very disturbing,” Mirwaiz said in a post on ‘X’.
“The unfortunate saga of extra-judicial killings and rights violations of people of J&K continues as the perpetrators are never brought to book. This cycle will never cease until accountability is established and justice delivered,” her added. (KDC)
