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| First time, Kashmiri Pandits come in support of Shopian issue | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 29- Condemning the dastardly and inhuman act allegedly committed by the ‘members of the police force’ on two young women at Shopian, the Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS) has announced it decision to support all the pro-people programs by responsible leadership of Kashmir to register the protest and compel the government to take stern action against culprits. The Samiti has called upon all Kashmiri citizens including professionals, businessmen, employees of state and central government organizations, and students to wear “Black badges on their arms” until the guilty are identified and charged. Similarly, shopkeepers, transporters and other public institutions should hoist small black flags until the justice is done.
The Samiti at an emergency meeting of the executive council here today deliberated on events surrounding the gang rape and murder of two young women in Shopian. The KPSS also condemned the initial cover-up by local administrative officials in Shopian that led to an incorrect initial assessment of the situation by the Chief Minister.
KPSS further stated that the state government has not carried out full inquiries into other previous similar cases like Kunan Poshpora, Hilar Bahi, etc. where it is still unclear if various criminal acts were committed by security personnel or militants. The Samiti recalls the failure of State authorities in investigating the horrific acts of rape and brutal murders of the Braroo family (Sohan Lal) by militants in 1994 in their house at Nai Sarak, Srinagar, when the mother and daughter were raped in front of the husband and then the entire family was wiped out. That case was all the more disturbing as every body in the vicinity of the Braroo home knew the culprit but police still did not act.
The KPSS was critical of both mainstream and separatist political parties for politicizing some acts of criminality, violence, and human rights abuses while conveniently ignoring other similar cases that too require attention and justice. The Samiti stated that the latest shameful incident has once again put the honor of all Kashmiri women - without cast, creed or religion - at stake as authorities and leaders of the civil society, who are supposed to protect and defend the dignity and honour, have been maligning it themselves. ‘We believe no Kashmiri woman is now safe until and unless the State acts tough against perpetrators of Shopian rapes and murders, and all such horrific acts in the recent past be it in the hands of security forces or by militants’, the Samiti has said.
The credibility of the State government is at stake. The KPSS demands that following completion of the judicial inquiry, justice must be served immediately and forcefully. The culprits deserve no leniency and all guilty personnel must be prosecuted in accordance with the law and receive the harshest punishment under the category of the “rarest of rare cases.”
KPSS strongly believes that rapist and killers can never be the masters and protectors of any civilized society. KPSS appeals the state government to convene meeting of all sections of society to defuse un- rest in the valley at the earliest.
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