Rulers, their forces always use force, illegal arrests for oppression: Malik   

JKLF leaders continue their boycott campaign in Habakadal area

Srinagar: JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik along with senior front leaders advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat, leaders Bashir Ahmad Kashmiri  and Mohammad Azeem Zargar continued to remain in police custody today, said a statement issued to KNS. According to this statement, nocturnal raids, searches and creating fear by police and other forces is continuing and police have arrested JKLF activists Arshid Ahmad Bhat (Jan Kachroo), Fayaz  Ahmad and Imtiyaz Ahmad from their houses. Arshid Ahmad has been shifted to Islamabad district jail while as Fayaz Ahmad and Imtiyaz Ahmad have been lodged at central jail Srinagar. Police also raided the house of senior JKLF leader Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi and people related to JKLF in Padsahahi Bagh, Siotaing and Lasjan areas and harassed their kith and kin. Police also raided front activist Shahid Ahmad and is in search of many other JKLF leaders and activists throughout valley.

Terming this crack down on peaceful political workers and activists as state sponsored violence, JKLF chief who is himself in police custody said that this police crackdown is most undemocratic unilateral state sponsored violence against a democratically legitimated and peaceful boycott campaign of JKLF. Yasin Malik said that this crackdown ,arrests and raids have once again proved that rulers and their forces are not able to fight resistance camp politically and they always use force and illegal arrests’ to oppress and suppress the voices of dissent .He said that these rulers and their forces must bear in mind that these kind of atrocities, arrests and oppressive measures cannot deter freedom lovers from pursuing the path of struggle and that  history bears a witness to the fact that the last victory belongs to the oppressed not oppressors.

Malik also condemned the ill treatment meted out to Kashmiri inmates at Tihar jail Delhi and said that Kashmiri prisoners including lifer Javed Ahmad Khan have been shifted from their barracks and their clothes and other necessary things have been snatched and these prisoners are compelled to live without any clothes from last many days.

Despite the arrests and other oppressive measures by police and forces, JKLF leaders continued their election boycott campaign and visited many areas in Haba Kadal constituency in Srinagar today. JKLF leaders Noor Mohammad Kalwal, Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi ,Ghulam Rasool Hazari, Imtiyaz Ahmad ,Molvi Abdul Rashid and others visited Purshyaar, Drubyaar, Dal Hasan Yaar Karfali Mohalla, Sona Masjid, Qazi Masjid and Syed Ali Akbar Feteh Kadal areas and apprised people about the importance of boycotting Indian elections. Leader’s appealed people to safeguard the sacrifices rendered by great martyrs and boycott these farce elections .Leaders also distributed boycott related pamphlets among the people. Leaders said that Indian elections are meant to defeat our movement and we are duty to boycott these and honor the sacred blood of martyrs.

Meanwhile JKLF has expressed heartfelt grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Ghulam Mohammad Wani. The deceased was brother in law of JKLF well wisher Farooq Ahmad Gilkar (Bahaw ud din sahib Nawhatta). JKLF while expressing solidarity with the bereaved family prayed for the heavenly abode for the departed soul. (KNS)