In a rare gesture shown by separatists, Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday sent a delegation to the residence of deceased police officer Mohammed Ayub Pandith in Srinagar and expressed his condolences, while “condemning the killing”.
A Hurriyat spokesman said the delegation was led by Muhammad Shafi Khan and advocate Yasir Dalal.
“They conveyed grief and sorrow on the tragic death of Pandith to the bereaved family. They conveyed to the family that the Mirwaiz and the Hurriyat condemns this inhuman act,” the spokesman said. The Mirwaiz, in his condolence message, said, “Brutality of every sort was condemnable and unacceptable.”
Meanwhile the Mirwaiz has condemned arrests during nocturnal raids on the residences of Hurriyat leaders and activists on the eve of Id-ul-Fitr. “It is vengeful and unethical,” said the Mirwaiz, who remains under house arrest.
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Meanwhile, JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested and immediately shifted to the central jail in Srinagar.
“On Id-like occasions, prisoners are usually released from jails and police stations as a goodwill gesture but the RSS-backed Peoples’ Democratic Party regime has made a new norm in Kashmir by arresting more and more people and incarcerate them in jails on this auspicious occasion,” said Mr. Malik.
