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| Lashkar demands setting up elders forum for probing killing of innocent people | | |
Srinagar,October 16 :- The “silent” shockwaves over the brutal killing of a dental surgeon,Dr Mushtaq Ahmed Shah,in Sopre on October 7 seem to have prompted Lashkar-i-Toiba outfit not only to disown its responsibility for the gruesome murder but also condemn such killings.
The LeT has demanded that an elders forum be constituted in Kashmir which would probe into incidents of mysterious killings of innocent people.The demand,sources said,surfaced after LeT activists alleged that some vested interests were trying to malign the name of the outfit.It is for the first time that a dread outfit like LeT has demanded the setting up an elders forum for inquiring into killing of the type of Dr Shah.
Informed sources said that since politicians and police suspected the hand of Lashkar-i-Toiba in the gruesome murder of Dr Shah leaders belonging to the mainstream political parties and the separatist camps preferred keeping their mouths shut.None among them either condemned the incident or visited the house of the slain dental surgeon for conveying their sympathies to the bereaved families.
Now that LeT has condemned such killings and has denied its involvement in the murder of Dr Shah mainstream political leaders and those from the separatist camps have started covering their mistake by saying that they had come to know of the incident after several days.
Some of these leaders are said to be preparing for their visit to the bereaved family.But nobody is yet prepared to bell the cat by establishing a forum of elders because it is a difficult job to get reputed people together for performing a job that usually falls in the domain of the police and judiciary.
The LeT idea on the establishment of a forum of elders for probing killings of innocent people has been supported by a senior APHC leader,Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat.Prof. Bhat told Kashmir Independent Press on Monday “there is nothing wrong in setting up a committee of elders in Kashmir. Once this forum takes shape it should inquire into the killings of innocent people with courage. It is time for such a committee to act as a watchdog of human rights violations. |
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