[Reader-list] Another man spreading lies

[shuddha at sarai.net]

Dear All, 

This did not get sent to the list, by mistake

best, 

Shuddha


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Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Another man spreading lies
From: "shuddha at sarai.net" <shuddha at sarai.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:48:43 +0530

Dear Rashneek, 

Ahmed Ali Fayyaz is not exactly an unknown quantity when it comes to the
dishing out of 'processed' news from the Kashmir valley. He has plied this
trade for a long time. Some of us are quite familiar with his body of work.

That said, yes, a boy did get hurt, and yes, his name is Imtiyaz Ahmed Dar S/o
Ghulam Nabi Dar R/o Shilwat, Sonawari. But he is not 12, he is 15, and studies
in the 9th class (not that this makes a difference,as far as the substance of
the story goes). 

I asked a friend to make enquiries about the boy. He did, and spoke the boy's
uncle, Mohammed Ramzan Dar, who is also the head of the family. According to
his uncle, the Boy had gone to Sumbul town to buy notebooks. While at the shop
he got hit on the head with a stone. There was no crowd, no stone pelters. A
stray stone, which could have been lobbed by a miscreant, or by anyone, hit
him. He was immediately rushed to a doctor in the town, his family was
informed, a cousin came and then he was then taken by taxi to SKIMS Soura. 

Luckily, the boy was NOT (contrary to the report) injured seriously. He does
not have a visible wound, the person I spoke to has also spoken to the doctor
who examined and treated the boy. The doctor has said that he has a hairline
fracture. He has been given first aid and medication, and sent home. He is not
in a critical condition, is out of danger and is recovering. 

The doctor also informed him that SKIMS Soura alone has had to treat 136
serious injuries from bullets, tear gas shells, baton charges and the
occasional stone, (lobbed both by protestors and lobbed back by the security
forces) 


This is by no means to overlook the fact that in the stone pelting, ordinary
people have gotten hurt (either by accident, or due to stones thrown back by
security forces) . But then, whenever possible, they have usually been rushed
to hospitals by local people. The ferrying of people has of course often had to
face the normal Kashmiri obstacle of a curfew. 

So, yes, some of what Ahmed Ali Fayyaz has written in his report, especially
stating that the boy had a 'critical injury' is partly the work of his
imagination. 

Even informers usually do a better job. 

best

Shuddha



On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 16:25:23 +0530 rashneek kher <rashneek at gmail.com> wrote

> I do not claim to know the authencity of this news.I think all he writes
> here could be his imagination neither do i know who the stone pelters
> were...
> 
> http://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=57784
> 
> NO HINDI FONTS OR TRANSLATION REQUIRED.
> 
> the journos profile is in the link below,just in case we may want to sue him
> 
> http://aafayyaz.blogspot.com/2010/08/12-year-old-critically-injured-in-stone.
> html?spref=fb
> 
> best regards
> --
> Rashneek Kher
> http://www.kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com
> http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com
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