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| Kashmiri Pandits object to sale of beef in Srinagar, other parts of Kashmir | | KPSS mulls legal action in order to seek justice | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Jan 18: The functioning of beef shops in the different localities of summer capital of the state and other parts of Kashmir valley has come in for sharp criticism from the Kashmiri Pandit community and the community has demanded for the immediate closure of these beef shops.
Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS) while feeling aghast over the functioning of these beef shops has said that the state administration particularly Srinagar Municipal Corporation has failed to take action against the owners of these shops. The KPSS has said that this is despite the fact that the operation of these shops is contrary to the religious beliefs and sentiments of Kashmiri Pandit community.
"KPSS is aghast about the non-action and silent approach of Health Officer, Srinagar Municipal Corporation and other municipal authorities as well as councils for not taking any action against the beef shops which are openly functioning particularly in Srinagar and generally in Kashmir valley," said KPSS President, Sanjay Tickoo.
Tickoo said that Kashmiri Pandit community members feel that these activities are being deliberately done by the state government with the help of un-scrupulous elements in the society in order to make the community members feel insecure on socio-religious grounds. He alleged that unscrupulous elements are using worst tactics to harm this solidarity by opening beef shops in the areas where Kashmiri Pandits are still residing so that their religious feelings are hurt.
"That KPSS wants to know how the Srinagar Municipal Corporation is allowing these people, who are slaughtering/processing/selling beef in Srinagar despite the fact when in a reply to the RTI filed by KPSS dated 19.02.2013, they have clearly stated that SMC has not given any permission/license to run a shop/place for slaughtering/selling of beef in Srinagar city within the municipal limits," said KPSS President.
Tickoo also questioned the role of police higher ups in this regard and said that how the concerned Station House Officers allow this kind of act in their respective jurisdictions. He said slaughtering as well as sale and processing of beef is forbidden in the state and is punishable under section 298-A, 298-B and 298-C (Ranbir Penal Code) read with u/s 153-A(1), 295-A and 504 of Ranbir Penal Code.
"It clearly depicts that the concerned officers are hand in glove with un-scrupulous elements to damage the social fabric so that they can force the left out Kashmiri Pandits out of Kashmir without executing any visible offensive tactics," said KPSS President. He asked the state government to act against owners of beef shops failing which they would the forced to knock at the doors of judiciary in order to seek justice. |
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