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| Goons threaten legislator, residents for protesting against I&FC deptt | | MLC files Police complaint | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, July 31: Political goons on Friday threatened a legislator and residents of Bijbehara's Gadhanjipora locality, of dire consequences after they held a protest demonstration against Irrigation and Flood Control department for closing down ramp-sand extraction point in their village. Eyewitnesses said that after Friday prayers, hundreds of residents of Gadhanjipora Bijbehara held forceful protest demonstration against Flood Control department for closing down ramps-sand extraction points- in the area which according to them are the main source of income for the majority of residents. National Conference leader and Member of Legislative Council, Dr Syed Bashir Ahmad Veeri was leading the protest demonstration, they said. Eyewitness said that protest demonstration ended peacefully after the officers of Revenue and Flood Control department accompanying MLC Bashir Ahmad Veeri assured that they will 'loot into the matter'.
However, in the evening villagers and legislator received threat calls, allegedly from a People's democratic worker after which residents held another protest demonstration against political hooliganism.
"We ended our protest peacefully but in the evening PDP workers again threatened us for holding a protest demo which is our democratic right. After receiving threat calls we again assembled and held protest demonstration and requested police to arrest the culprits," Bashir Ahmad, a resident told Early Times, adding they will file a joint compliant with police.
MLC Dr Bashir Ahmad Veeri who has filed a complaint with Bijbehara police claimed that he was also abused and threatened by PDP worker over phone. "He (PDP) worker abused me and threatened that he will vandalize the residential houses of residents," Veeri said. He identified the PDP worker (caller) as Zakir Hussain Shah of Bijbehara. "Come to Bijbehara I will cut you in pieces," Veeri accused Zakir of having said on Phone.
Zakir Hussain on being contacted admitted to have misbehaved with the legislator on phone. "I am not among those who will tolerate all this.
How he dubbed me a Jansangi (RSS man)," he said. Dr Veeri earlier addressing people rued discriminatory attitude of I&FC department and said, "No one will object if the department will demolish the structures constructed on river banks," adding carrying out selective demolition and punishing only poor is unacceptable.
Executive Engineer Flood Control Department Bashir Ahmad Shah when contacted said that they haven't started any demolition drive in the area. "We have started dredging Jehlum there and are complying High Court directions," he said.
Shah said that residents are free to extract sand manually according to rules. "They are demanding motor way so that they can use heavy machinery for extracting sand which is against the law. We don't have any problem if they will extract the stand manually after taking proper permission," he added. |
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