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Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Dec 5: State BJP has lent its support in favour of the three youth of Kishtwar belonging to minority community who have been in continuous judicial custody following allegations of blasphemous postings on social networking site facebook.
After their arrest on October 29 last, three youth of Passarkot Kish-ori Sharma, Kirti Sharma and Bansi Lal have been languishing in judicial custody at District jail Kishtwar .
Expressing concern over their continued detention on the basis of unsubstantiated charges relating to an alleged facebook offence, BJP J&K Chief Spokesperson & National Executive Member Dr. Jitendra Singh has called upon the state authorities to immediately intervene so that the situation does not lead to communal disharmony in the sensitive region.
Singh said that on one hand the Human Rights organizations take cognizance of even minor violations by security forces against militants, on the other hand no attention is being paid to the innocent youth of minority community who are under continued illegal police custody for last around two months. He said that with continuous detention of the three youths, it seems that a deep rooted conspiracy hatched by Pakistan agencies in connivance with Kashmir separatist groups to instigate communal unrest in the region and said that the state coalition government is further aggravating the situation because of its policy of appeasement towards a handful of separatists.
He further said that on one hand coalition government talks of rehabilitating former militants and youth returning from Pakistan, on the other hand it is bent upon applying PSA on innocent youth from minority community. He said that it is a strange paradox that while National conference and Congress leaders accuse the BJP of being communal, it is they themselves who are responsible for encouraging communal elements.
He warned that the party will be compelled to resort to protest and agitation means if the demand to release and reinstate these Kishtwar youth is not met with immediately .
It is pertinent to mention that after massive protest from majority community in entire Chenab valley, Kishtwar police arrested Kishori Sharma, Bansi Lal and Kirti Sharma all residents of Passarkot Ch-atroo and put them to facing trail in FIR No: 272 registered at police station Kishtwar U/S 153-A, 295-A RPC, 66-A, 67-A IT Act in connection with the surfacing of blasphemous page on social networking site facebook on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha.
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