[Reader-list] AIMMM expresses concern over brutalities in Jammu and Kashmir

[Kashmir Affairs]

AIMMM expresses concern over brutalities in J&K 

              KT NEWS SERVICE

New Delhi, Aug 13: The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM)
President Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan expressed deep anguish over the
spiralling violence against Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir.

The head of AIMMM, the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations,
condemned the carnage committed by the armed forces against peaceful
and unarmed processions and demanded the prosecution of the officers
and soldiers responsible for the bloodbath, a release today said.

ÿHe observed that security forces under the protection of the
questionable Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFPSA) have run riot
against the Muslims of the Valley while same forces act as mute
spectators in the face of continuing defiance of curfew in Jammu and
fail to move in front of attacks against Muslims in Jammu. Now even
anti-Muslim riots are breaking out in Jammu where Muslim houses were
burnt down on Tuesdayafter the police itself had killed one person and
injured 50 when Muslims were protesting.
Communal forces, running riot in Jammu for over a month, are now
trying to transfer their hate campaign to the whole country, he said,
adding that the communal forces spearheading the agitation are
receiving unashamed RSS and BJP support.

Dr Khan said that both the central and state governments have failed
to offer a solution to a problem created in the first place by these
very forces. Refusal to involve Valley politicians and Hurriyat leaders
in the discussions only complicates issues as no solution is possible
without taking their views and sensibilities into consideration.

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