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| Baramulla aghast over drivers' detention in POK | | | Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Feb 6: Relatives of truck drivers who are stranded in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) due to the stoppage of cross Line of Control (LoC) trade continue to protests in support of their demand.
The aggrieved relatives today assembled at Khanpora on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road and registered protest in support of their demand. The protesters raised slogans and urged the Governments of India and Pakistan to play more pro-active role in the release of truck drivers.
Some of the drivers are from Baramulla Town and their families are worried about their safety. The protesters chanted slogans against the district authorities and slammed them for 'indifferent' to the woes of family drivers and their families.
The protesters also took a dig at the Pakistan and PoK Governments for un-necessarily detaining the drivers of this side without any valid reason. The angry protesters stopped the traffic on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway and chaos was visible on this all important highway.
"We fail to understand why the drivers from this side are being detained across the LoC. All this has been going for the past three weeks but there is no light at the end of the tunnel. The State Government and the union Government should take up the case of trucks drivers more vociferously so that they are released," said Harpreet Singh of Sangri Colony. Harpreet's cousin is one of the detained drivers in PoK.
Mohammad Ishaq, resident of Khanpora is peeved over the role of PoK and Pakistan more so after the 'illegal' detention of truck drivers. He said the truck drivers should not have been kept hostage since they have no role whatsoever in the seizure of 114 packets of narcotics from a truck that had come from across the LoC.
"We are trying to get back our drivers soon and in this regard we have held several meetings with Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Ghulam Ahmad Khawaja. The Deputy Commissioner assured us that he has taken up the matter with higher authorities and that the stalemate would end soon," said President Baramulla Truck Union Abdul Majeed.
It would be in place to mention here that on January 17 security agencies seized brown sugar packets worth 100 crores from a truck at Salamabad Uri, which was on its way to India, and the driver of the truck, hailing from other side of LoC was detained by police. The tension between India and Pakistan led to stalling of trade and bus service between the two sides. While bus service resumed on Monday the trade continues to remain suspended. |
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