“One
can feel the intensity of the highhandedness of the forces by the fact
that the people working in their farmlands and walking on roads and
streets got hit by the bullets of guns used with criminal carelessness
by the force personnel,” the Jamaat spokesman said.
Srinagar, Publish Date: Apr 14 2016 11:28PM | Updated Date: Apr 14 2016 11:28PM
Jama’at-e-Islami
Thursday said that civilian killings occur due to presence of armed
forces in the Valley and demanded an impartial probe.
“Besides the non-resolution of the Kashmir issue as per the
aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir being the main cause of
uncertainty, the presence of army camps and bunkers in populated areas
is also one of the reasons for occurrence of Handwara type massacres,”
the Jamaat spokesman advocate Zahid Ali said in a statement.
He added that in some areas in the Kashmir valley and the areas
near the LOC in the Jammu province, the presence and interference of the
army in public affairs has turned the life of the concerned people into
a hell. “The presence of a bunker in the middle of the Handwara town
equipped will all modern vigilance technology is one of the reasons
leading to the occurrence of the tragic incident in which four innocent
persons were killed by the indiscriminate firing of the force
personnel,” he said.
“One can feel the intensity of the highhandedness of the forces by
the fact that the people working in their farmlands and walking on
roads and streets got hit by the bullets of guns used with criminal
carelessness by the force personnel,” the Jamaat spokesman said.
He said that an old aged woman Raja Begum got killed in her
vegetable farm while collecting vegetables for her home. “Scores of
innocent people walking in the fields and markets got injured without
any provocation at all,” he added.
Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir (JeI) demands immediate removal
of all the camps and bunkers of the forces existing in the populated
areas and stern and deterrent action against those personnel who are
involved in the indiscriminate firing upon the common people.