[Reader-list] Life is cheap in Kashmir
A.K. Malik
akmalik45 at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 1 19:02:32 IST 2009
Dear Mr Sengupta,
If the report is correct, CRPF seems to have gone insane.
However, sometimes the media reporting is biased as it starts with some miscreants in the mob doing some mischief.To my mind it is difficult to accept truthfulness of the incident because I can't comprehend that CRPF personnel would do such silly things when they know they are already under attack and can lose jobs. If it is really true, then we are doomed with such activity from people who are supposed to protect us.
Regards,
(A.K.MALIK)
--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net> wrote:
> From: Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Life is cheap in Kashmir
> To: "Aditya Raj Kaul" <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>
> Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 4:48 PM
> Aditya,
>
> If this news is correct. Then it is indeed regrettable and
> deeply
> shameful. Ambulances and medical facilities are not
> supposed to be
> attacked, or prevented from doing their duties, even in
> times of war.
> And whosoever has attacked them, wherever they may have
> attacked
> them, regardless of whether or not they are separatists,
> unaffiliated
> mobs, or the forces of law and order, in any situation, are
> worthy
> only of condemnation. If this is the work of 'pro-Azaadi'
> elements
> (as you suggest it is), then they have totally degraded
> their cause
> by this act.
>
> Shuddha
>
>
>
> On 01-Jul-09, at 4:26 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul wrote:
>
> > Just heard in news, Mob torched an ambulance in
> Baramulla. Wonder
> > who acts
> > against humanity now ?
> >
> > Hope these unarmed stone throwers instead concentrate
> on demanding
> > justice
> > for the victims of shopian and other rape victims -
> with religion
> > no bar.
> > Its insane to butter politics out of this sensitive
> issue.
> >
> > Or else they can try their luck in any International
> Disc (Discuss)
> > throw
> > competition, since they won't take part in Indian
> National games :P
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul
>
> > <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> I pray someday OCCUPATION of Kashmir by force of
> >> terrorists/separatists/fundamentalists ends. The
> mindset needs to
> >> change,
> >> for this to happen sometime in future.
> >>
> >> In solidarity with the victims of separatist
> violence.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:08 AM, Shuddhabrata
> Sengupta
> >> <shuddha at sarai.net>wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear Junaid,
> >>>
> >>> Many thanks for these details from Kashmir,
> they are, as always,
> >>> saddening. The loss of life, and the fact that
> the CRPF have once
> >>> again attacked unarmed protestors with bullets
> is deeply shameful,
> >>> and that they prevented ambulances from
> reaching the injured is
> >>> shocking. It is as if those who administer the
> occupation of Kashmir
> >>> have no remorse for their bloody record and no
> capacity either, to
> >>> accept the humanity of those they 'encounter'
> on the streets with
> >>> weapons. As an Indian citizen, I am ashamed
> every time this happens.
> >>>
> >>> I also appreciate and respect the trouble
> taken by you to post a
> >>> thoughtful and critical reply to my postings
> on Iran. I have read
> >>> it,
> >>> and will do so again, carefully, and respond,
> in detail. Our
> >>> differences on Iran will probably remain, but
> this does not mean, as
> >>> you point out that we are incapable of
> solidarity on matters, closer
> >>> to home, both for you and for me.
> >>>
> >>> Warm regards, and in solidarity, and with the
> hope that someday, the
> >>> occupation of Kashmir by the force of arms
> will end
> >>>
> >>> Shuddha
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 01-Jul-09, at 3:44 AM, Junaid wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Thought some of you might be interested in
> what is happening in
> >>>> Kashmir.
> >>>>
> >>>> Kashmir Shuts Down To Protest Killings
> >>>>
> >>>> ALTAF BABA / GOWHAR BHAT
> >>>>
> >>>> Varmul On Boil
> >>>>
> >>>> Varmul/Srinagar, June 29: A youth was
> killed and a minor sustained
> >>>> critical injuries when paramilitary CRPF
> troopers opened fire to
> >>>> quell
> >>>> protesters at Varmul in north Kashmir,
> while the Valley observed a
> >>>> complete shutdown in response to the
> strike call given by the
> >>>> Hurriyat
> >>>> Conference (G) against the killing of two
> youth in police firing on
> >>>> Monday.
> >>>> Witnesses told Greater Kashmir that
> late this evening hundreds of
> >>>> youth took to the streets at Khanpora,
> Varmul and tried taking
> >>>> out a
> >>>> procession. “Paramilitary troopers
> deployed there opened fire on
> >>>> the
> >>>> peaceful demonstrators injuring a youth
> Fayaz Ahmed Gojri. Bullet
> >>>> pierced through his chest and he started
> bleeding profusely. We
> >>>> called
> >>>> the hospital and asked for an ambulance.
> But CRPF troopers didn’t
> >>>> allow the ambulance to enter Khanpora and
> he succumbed to his
> >>>> injuries,” they added.
> >>>>
> >>>> After the word about his death
> spread, hundreds of men, women and
> >>>> children raising pro-freedom and
> anti-India slogans poured on to
> >>>> the
> >>>> streets demanding withdrawal of CRPF
> from the town. “Within 2-
> >>>> days,
> >>>> three youth have been killed and scores
> injured many of them
> >>>> critically. The CRPF should be withdrawn
> from the town,” protesters
> >>>> said.
> >>>> They vowed to continue the protests
> till the CRPF was withdrawn.
> >>>>
> >>>> Earlier in the morning hundreds of
> youth defied the curfew in the
> >>>> Varmul town and took to the streets to
> give vent to their ire.
> >>>> Protesters were demanding action against
> the policemen and troopers
> >>>> who had opened fire on the protesters
> yesterday in which two youth
> >>>> were killed.
> >>>>
> >>>> “As they tried to march ahead,
> police and CRPF men used force to
> >>>> quell them. They burst tear smoke
> canisters and later fired upon
> >>>> the
> >>>> protesters injuring scores of them. A
> bullet hit a minor Bilal
> >>>> Bashir,
> >>>> 15, son of Bashir Ahmad Bhat near Cement
> Bridge. He was shifted to
> >>>> Srinagar for specialized treatment,”
> they said. Doctors
> >>>> attending upon
> >>>> Bilal termed his condition to be
> critical.
> >>>>
> >>>> According to the witnesses, an
> official of the 46 Rashtriya Rifles
> >>>> and his men along with a few civilians
> were beaten by the CRPF
> >>>> troopers when they were shifting Bilal to
> hospital in an army
> >>>> vehicle.
> >>>> “As the vehicle reached the main chowk
> we were stopped by the CRPF
> >>>> men. They dragged us and the RR personnel
> out of the vehicle and
> >>>> beat
> >>>> us,” said Javed Ahmad who was in the
> vehicle.
> >>>>
> >>>> PROTESTS IN SOPUR, BANDIPORE
> >>>>
> >>>> Protests also rocked several areas
> of Sopur including Badambagh,
> >>>> Batapora and Chankhan where youth defied
> the curfew. Protesters
> >>>> raising pro-freedom and anti-CRPF slogans
> marched through the
> >>>> streets.
> >>>> They were demanding action against the
> erring troopers who
> >>>> opened fire
> >>>> on the peaceful demonstrators. Policemen
> and troopers who were
> >>>> deployed in the strength in the area beat
> them up with batons and
> >>>> fired tear smoke canisters to disperse
> them. However, youth
> >>>> retaliated
> >>>> with stones, triggering clashes which
> continued till late in the
> >>>> evening.
> >>>>
> >>>> The protests also spilled to
> Bandipore district where eight
> >>>> persons
> >>>> including two policemen were injured in
> the clashes between
> >>>> police and
> >>>> protesters. At main town, Bandipore,
> youth held protests which
> >>>> were
> >>>> dealt with force by police. However,
> protesters showed
> >>>> resistance by
> >>>> hurling stones. Half a dozen persons
> including two policemen were
> >>>> injured in the clashes.
> >>>>
> >>>> At Sumbal, people held protests and
> blocked the Srinagar-Bandipore
> >>>> road by burning tyres and erecting
> blockades. The protesters later
> >>>> dispersed off peacefully.
> >>>> In Kupwara, authorities had imposed
> curfew-like restrictions as
> >>>> police and paramilitary troopers blocked
> the Sopur-Kupwara road.
> >>>> Locals said the policemen didn’t allow
> them to move out of their
> >>>> homes. Kupwara and Handwara towns observed
> a complete shutdown.
> >>>>
> >>>> SRINAGAR
> >>>> Life remained crippled in Srinagar
> city in response to the
> >>>> Hurriyat’s
> >>>> call even as protests were held at a few
> places.
> >>>>
> >>>> At Maisuma, Gaw kadal and Nowhatta,
> youth staged protest
> >>>> demonstrations against the Varmul
> killings. However, police and
> >>>> CRPF
> >>>> troopers, deployed in strength, suppressed
> protests by teargas
> >>>> shelling in which two women were injured.
> >>>>
> >>>> Witnesses said a teargas shell hit a
> woman on her hand while
> >>>> another
> >>>> was run over near Gaw Kadal.
> >>>>
> >>>> All the shops, educational
> institutions, banks and government
> >>>> offices
> >>>> remained closed. Barring civil
> secretariat, attendance in the
> >>>> government offices was nil. Public
> transport remained off the
> >>>> roads.
> >>>> However, in uptown areas, private vehicles
> could be seen plying
> >>>> intermittently.
> >>>>
> >>>> SOUTH KASHMIR
> >>>>
> >>>> In Islamabad district, clashes broke
> out between the police and
> >>>> protestors early in the morning at several
> places including Cheeni
> >>>> Chowk and Malakhnag localities. The
> protestors came out on the
> >>>> roads
> >>>> and started raising pro-freedom and
> anti-army slogans. The
> >>>> Police and
> >>>> CRPF resorted to baton charge to disperse
> them. Later CRPF and
> >>>> police
> >>>> personnel beat up several pedestrians and
> arrested several youth
> >>>> for
> >>>> holding demos. Youth again regrouped in
> the afternoon and held
> >>>> protests at Reshi Bagh. At Cheeni Chowk,
> youth attacked a CRPF
> >>>> bunker
> >>>> with stones but were later chased away by
> troopers. The protests
> >>>> continued till late evening.
> >>>>
> >>>> A complete shutdown was observed in the
> entire district as shops,
> >>>> business and offices remained closed.
> >>>>
> >>>> Normal life also came to stand still
> in the neighbouring Kulgam
> >>>> district in view of the complete strike.
> Reports of shutdown
> >>>> were also
> >>>> received from Pulwama district.
> >>>>
> *******************************************************************
>
> >>>> ***
> >>>> ***********************
> >>>>
> >>>> Custodial Disappearance
> >>>>
> >>>> KHALID GUL
> >>>>
> >>>> Larkipora (Dooru), June 30: People of
> Larkipora in Dooru
> >>>> demonstrated
> >>>> for the second consecutive day on Tuesday
> against the enforced
> >>>> custodial disappearance of a teenager by
> the troops of 36 Rashtriya
> >>>> Rifles battalion of army, and vowed to
> intensify agitation if the
> >>>> government fails to find the boy in two
> days.
> >>>>
> >>>> Basharat Ahmad, 16, son of Muhammad
> Maqbool Bhat of Chakpath,
> >>>> Larkipora was summoned by the troops of 36
> Rashtriya Rifles to
> >>>> their
> >>>> camp on Sunday morning, but he is missing
> since. The Commanding
> >>>> Officer of 36 RR, Colonel Sundaram,
> admitted on Monday that army
> >>>> had
> >>>> called Basharat to the camp at 9:30 AM on
> Sunday. “It was just a
> >>>> routine visit and nothing else.
> Thereafter he left from here at
> >>>> around 1:00 PM,” he said.
> >>>> Bashir Ahmad Bhat, who heads Action
> Committee formed by
> >>>> villagers on
> >>>> Tuesday, said, “We ask the government to
> tell us whereabouts of
> >>>> Basharat in two days. After that we will
> be forced to take extreme
> >>>> steps.”
> >>>> “The government has passed
> instructions that army should inform
> >>>> local
> >>>> police before summoning or releasing a
> person. In this case, the
> >>>> boy
> >>>> was called to the camp and then released
> without informing us,”
> >>>> said a
> >>>> top police official.
> >>>>
> >>>> Showkat Ahmad, elder brother of Basharat,
> said, “He is very dear to
> >>>> everyone because he is youngest in our
> family. We have been
> >>>> trying to
> >>>> convince mother that he is safe but she is
> very worried. And we are
> >>>> concerned about her too because she is a
> cardiac patient.”
> >>>>
> >>>> Meanwhile, people of Chakpath and
> some adjacent villages
> >>>> demonstrated
> >>>> against Basharat’s disappearance. They
> shouted pro-freedom and
> >>>> anti-army slogans and blocked
> Veerinag-Dooru road with
> >>>> barricades and
> >>>> burning tyres. Mirwaiz Islamabad Qazi
> Yasir addressed the
> >>>> protesters
> >>>> and supported the two day deadline set by
> the Action Committee.
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> >>> Shuddhabrata Sengupta
> >>> The Sarai Programme at CSDS
> >>> Raqs Media Collective
> >>> shuddha at sarai.net
> >>> www.sarai.net
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> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Aditya Raj Kaul
> >>
> >> Freelance Correspondent, The Times of India
> >> Cell - +91-9873297834
> >>
> >> Blog: http://activistsdiary.blogspot.com/
> >>
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> The Sarai Programme at CSDS
> Raqs Media Collective
> shuddha at sarai.net
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