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| House of counter-insurgent ransacked | | | New Delhi | Aug 17
Jammu and Kashmir police remained a mute spectator to ransacking of house of a person who had helped them in countering militancy in later 1990's.
The house of Ghulam Mohammed Lone popularly known as "Papa Kishtawari", was mobbed, ransacked and damaged last evening in Pampore by a mob while the state police withdrew from the place in silence, sources said.
Lone had been instrumental in breaking the backbone of militancy and was among the first batch of counter-insurgents who took the pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen head on in South Kashmir.
At present languishing in jail for alleged atrocities, Lone had left behind his wife and children at home. The state Police had provided guard at his residence as his family was under constant threat from militants.
Some sympathisers of Lone had come silently in the wee hours yesterday and taken away his wife and children to safety. They had apparently feared a back lash from the crowd that was assembling in Pampore to attend prayers for Hurriyat leader Sheikh Aziz, who was killed in police firing last week during the "Muzzafarabad Chalo" march.
The mob arrived at his residence and took away all the belongings while the state police remained a mute spectator and withdrew from that place, sources said.
The belongings were burnt and the house was also damaged, reports reaching the Union Home Ministry said.Efforts to contact Inspector General of Police (Kashmir range) S M Sahai have failed. |
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