[Reader-list] Little Kashmiri boys arrested

Lalit Ambardar lalitambardar at hotmail.com
Fri Feb 19 20:23:48 IST 2010 

Proponents of 'azadi- bara- e -Islam'......"Progressive forces" of "national liberation" in "Kashmir".....???....
Regards
LA
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> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:14:33 -0500
> From: justjunaid at gmail.com
> To: taraprakash at gmail.com
> CC: reader-list at sarai.net
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Little Kashmiri boys arrested
> 
> Tara,
> 
> I share some of your concerns. I too don't want Kashmir to slide into
> extremism. But as it is, it is happening anyway as India rules it;
> which kind of puts paid to the thought that Indian rule will somehow
> stem Kashmir from becoming Yemen (not that Kashmir is becoming Yemen,
> countries don't become each other, they have their own histories,
> their own politico-economic-geographic reasons, their own unique
> mixtures of ideas about the world, and also Yemen is superior to
> Kashmir in many many different ways). I think growth of religious
> extremism is affecting so many countries around the world and I have
> yet to come across any convincing, general, understanding for it. My
> hope is that religious extremism is the last sigh of the ages bygone
> than a sign of things to come.
> 
> And then religious extremism is not a reason why a people can't be
> free, or why countries shouldn't exist. In a way the fact that a
> people aren't free is a big reason why religious extremism takes hold.
> Religious extremists hijack a people's genuine and legitimate
> aspirations for freedom. The occupiers often like this scenario for
> they can project to the world that the national liberation struggle is
> actually a struggle to establish an exclusivist, dominance of the
> extremists. The only answer to this commingling of extremist-occupier
> mutual interest is solidarity with progressive forces of national
> liberation. In Kashmir the progressive forces have always been a
> common target for India and Pakistan, and have over the years been
> subdued in many ways, and largely because of lack of solidarity from
> progressive forces in India and Pakistan, many of who still speak in a
> language authorized and allowed by the nationalist discourses in their
> respective states.
> 
> To your second question, the one which is for your personal
> information, I don't think India or Pakistan are "evil" in themselves.
> But it is my belief that as the rational bureaucratic order in the
> states crystallizes they become even more irrational than ever, and it
> seems states like to "play" with power, like small kids, they want to
> test its limits, to see what else it can do, how much it can dominate
> other people, how much it can torture them, how much can it fool its
> own citizens, how much can it make them speak its words, till citizens
> become mini clones of the state. There is a seductive nature to this
> power, which continuously wants to take things to the edge, to hold
> out till the end. But it is always a big gamble. I have been thinking
> about this one question a lot: Why would any Indian really care if
> Kashmir was under India's rule or not? What if Indian tourists were
> guaranteed that their travels to Kashmir will not be unnecessarily
> restricted? And their access to pilgrimage sites would in no case be
> blocked? That a free Kashmir will be friendly to all its neighbors?
> That it will not allow its soil to be used against its neighbors?
> Isn't that enough "ransom" you can demand for returning a people their
> freedom?
> 
> I don't see much difference between India and Pakistan. They are both
> poor and muscular, both are in real deep shit. But since many Indians
> don't like to be "hyphenated" with Pakistan these days, and like to be
> seen as competitors of China, let me say that China too is poor and
> muscular, and in deep shit.
> 
> Junaid
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Tara Prakash <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Junaid. Point taken. People should have right to self determination.
> > First scenario is that Kashmir becomes a sovereign state. What would you say
> > to those skeptics who are afraid, genuinely or otherwise, that a new country
> > where fundamentalism has enjoyed some welcoming constituency  in the past,
> > will become another safe haven for the destructive elements linked to Al
> > qaeda ideology to pursue their destructive agenda. Do you think people are
> > right to be skeptical that Kashmir as a free nation will become like Yeman,
> > or worse, Somalia?
> >
> > My second query, again for my personal information, and it is about the
> > second scenario. I have heard people in the past that Pakistan is lesser
> > evil than India. How do they justify this and do you agree with them? This
> > is an international listbut when it comes to Kashmir, it appears that
> > Kashmir on the Pakistani side does not exist or that there is no military
> > presence. Are the people on Pakistani side free?
> >
> >
> > Best
> > TaraPrakash
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Junaid" <justjunaid at gmail.com>
> > To: "Tara Prakash" <taraprakash at gmail.com>
> > Cc: "S. Jabbar" <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com>; "Sarai" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Little Kashmiri boys arrested
> >
> >
> > Hi Tara,
> >
> > I agree with Sonia that the Kashmir "dispute" involves a number of
> > parties and peoples. I believe as time has passed we have let
> > ourselves believe that the issue is so "complicated" as to paralyze
> > our thinking, vaguely hoping that one day the issue will settle by
> > itself. These are man-made problems and need human and humane
> > solutions. Also we should not let state "interests" determine the fate
> > of a people. These issues can't be left to fester perpetually. Even if
> > we go back to early 50s there were plans to hold regional referendums
> > (Dixon plan etc), which, with all their problems, sounded like more
> > hopeful ways out of the imbroglio than our present "muddlings."
> >
> > Personally, I believe the best way would be for both India and
> > Pakistan to relinquish claims over those peoples (and their lands) who
> > don't want to be under their sovereignty. These countries need to let
> > Kashmiris (and those who also don't want to be part of either country)
> > be. For the process to start India and Pakistan need to create
> > conditions in which people can freely and without fear discuss,
> > negotiate, argue, oppose and come to a mutually agreeable solution.
> > When I say mutually, I mean different constituencies within 1947
> > Kashmir. We must believe in the creative powers of people to solve
> > issues what seem to be "complicated." Second step would be to initiate
> > a democratic process, perhaps under the auspices of international
> > observers to hold elections to choose representatives of the people
> > who can give shape to a new constitution, new institutions, and
> > negotiate permanent agreements with India and Pakistan. The whole
> > thing can be conducted under international guarantees to secure the
> > the process and its outcome.
> >
> > Southasia desperately needs a new direction. And, sincere efforts on
> > the Kashmir question can be a very important beginning and aspect of
> > this shift. Southasians need to understand southasia is not made up of
> > states, but of peoples and their intersecting histories and
> > aspirations. We cannot let ourselves be seduced by the illusions and
> > the desires that the state's "super"-power has generated in us.
> >
> > Junaid
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Tara Prakash <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Sonia. So the issue is more muddled than we make it out to be.
> >> It will be helpful to hear Junaid's view on this. I am waiting.
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "S. Jabbar" <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com>
> >> To: "TaraPrakash" <taraprakash at gmail.com>; "Junaid" <justjunaid at gmail.com>
> >> Cc: "Sarai" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:14 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Little Kashmiri boys arrested
> >>
> >>
> >> The dispute involves the state of Jammu & Kashmir as it existed in 1947
> >> and
> >> included Kashmiris, people of Jammu & Reasi, Rajouri, Poonch & Doda,
> >> Ladakh,
> >> Mirpur & Muzaffarabad, Gilgit & Baltistan. If you talk about solutions
> >> then
> >> you really ought to be talking about the aspirations of all these people
> >> and
> >> not simply 'which Kashmiris.'
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com>
> >>> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:08:09 -0500
> >>> To: Junaid <justjunaid at gmail.com>
> >>> Cc: <reader-list at sarai.net>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Little Kashmiri boys arrested
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for these solutions Junaid. Not that I will be able to solve this
> >>> old
> >>>
> >> problem.
> >> Just for the record, the intent of the second question "Which
> >>>
> >>> Kashmiris" was
> >>
> >> not mischief. If you think there is a single Kashmiri
> >>>
> >>> nationality, or
> >>
> >> unified Kashmiri voice, either you are self deluding, or just
> >>>
> >>> canceling the
> >>
> >> noise.
> >> JKLF used to be a significant voice in J&K before the
> >>>
> >>> brutal Mujahaddins, in
> >>
> >> their ecstasy of having defeated USSR in Afghanistan,
> >>>
> >>> moved to J&K. From
> >>
> >> then on local Kashmiris had the taste of Taliban in their
> >>>
> >>> homes. Every
> >>
> >> dissent was mercilessly crushed. Professors were murdered. Women
> >>>
> >>> were told
> >>
> >> to stay at homes and if they dared come out, acid on their faces
> >>>
> >>> was their
> >>
> >> fate. Hindus were massacred, on some ocasions Sikhs were massacred
> >>>
> >>> and if
> >>
> >> that was not enough, peace loving Budhists were killed for being
> >>>
> >>> vocal.
> >>
> >> Coming back to question which Kashmiris and JKLF. Aren't they
> >>>
> >>> Kashmiris? But
> >>
> >> they are banned in Pakistan occupied, so-called Azad Kashmir.
> >>>
> >>> Aren't they
> >>
> >> Kashmiris? why do you have to single out Indian government? Are
> >>>
> >>> Kashmiris in
> >>
> >> POK free?
> >> Those who are part of National conference or PDP,
> >>>
> >>> aren't they Kashmiris?
> >>
> >> Aren't they different from Mujahiddins? So the
> >>>
> >>> question still remains which
> >>
> >> Kashmiris?
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From:
> >>>
> >>> "Junaid" <justjunaid at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> To: "Tara Prakash" <taraprakash at gmail.com>
> >> Cc:
> >>>
> >>> <reader-list at sarai.net>
> >>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:35 PM
> >> Subject: Re:
> >>>
> >>> [Reader-list] Little Kashmiri boys arrested
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear Tara,
> >>
> >> I quote you: "But
> >>>
> >>> isn't it time to move to specifics. What solution?
> >>
> >> Which Kashmiris?" End.
> >>
> >> I
> >>>
> >>> absolutely agree that it is time to move to specifics. But your two
> >>
> >> follow-up
> >>>
> >>> questions, asked perhaps in good spirit, aren't the ones
> >>
> >> that will lead us to
> >>>
> >>> specifics. If anything they will further push us
> >>
> >> into a metaphysics of denial.
> >>>
> >>> I assume you know enough about Kashmir
> >>
> >> and are aware that there is no shortage
> >>>
> >>> of solutions. Indian
> >>
> >> government isn't even acknowledging that Kashmir is a
> >>>
> >>> political issue,
> >>
> >> and they have convinced its citizens that the only issue that
> >>>
> >>> remains
> >>
> >> is the elimination of "terrorism" i.e. people's resistance. The
> >>>
> >>> "right
> >>
> >> solutions" emerge in a democratic process of engagement in a free
> >>>
> >>> and
> >>
> >> fair environment. As you called them, the "chosen" representatives
> >>>
> >>> for
> >>
> >> Kashmiris, it is clear, have no legitimacy in Kashmir, which has made
> >> it
> >>>
> >>> clear again that a democracy stripped of its substance cannot be
> >>
> >> forced down
> >>>
> >>> the throats of people to gloss over the crisis of state's
> >>
> >> legitimacy and
> >>>
> >>> authority. (I somehow believe that UN, if India allows
> >>
> >> that is, can go to
> >>>
> >>> "each Kashmiri" to figure out how to solve the
> >>
> >> problem). The first step would
> >>>
> >>> be to give Kashmiris the "ownership" of
> >>
> >> their problem, that is allow them to
> >>>
> >>> find the right solution with a
> >>
> >> guarantee that it will be accepted.
> >>
> >> The second
> >>>
> >>> question is a little mischievous--"Which Kashmiris!" Can we
> >>
> >> really keep
> >>>
> >>> telling a suffering people that they don't exist? By
> >>
> >> asking this question, are
> >>>
> >>> you suggesting that there are no Kashmiris?
> >>
> >> If you believe that "the people"
> >>>
> >>> have to elect their representatives,
> >>
> >> how can you in the same breath deny the
> >>>
> >>> existence of those same
> >>
> >> people?
> >>
> >> I guess the first "concrete suggestions"
> >>>
> >>> would be the dismantling of
> >>
> >> the draconian military and police apparatus from
> >>>
> >>> Kashmir: i.e. 1.
> >>
> >> remove the incredibly large and intensive build up of
> >>>
> >>> military and
> >>
> >> police forces from Kashmir; 2. remove draconian laws like AFSPA
> >>>
> >>> and
> >>
> >> Disturbed Areas Act etc, which give immunity to security agencies
> >> involved
> >>>
> >>> in HR abuses; 3. Release political prisoners from jails; 4.
> >>
> >> Allow Kashmiris to
> >>>
> >>> peacefully express their dissent (remove
> >>
> >> restrictions on free speech and
> >>>
> >>> assembly of people); 5. Dismantle the
> >>
> >> stranglehold that the security agencies
> >>>
> >>> have over the everyday life of
> >>
> >> people through technics of surveillance and
> >>>
> >>> proliferation of threats.
> >>
> >> Once these steps are taken, we can move to the next
> >>>
> >>> ones. At least it
> >>
> >> will show that the Indian government is sincere in its
> >>>
> >>> efforts to
> >>
> >> solve the problem, and is not simply bidding time, hoping to
> >>>
> >>> tire
> >>
> >> people out.
> >>
> >> Junaid
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Tara Prakash
> >>>
> >>> <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> "Kashmir is a political issue that needs to
> >>> be solved, with the full
> >>> involvement of Kashmiris."
> >>> Agreed. But isn't it
> >>> time to move to specifics. What solution? Which
> >>> Kashmiris? A democratic
> >>> exercise requires people to elect their
> >>> representatives who can talk on
> >>> their behalf. But those who are chosen,
> >>> are
> >>> found to be going "to any
> >>> extent to please their masters in Delhi"
> >>> I don't think the Indian govt or UN
> >>> can talk to every Kashmiri on this
> >>> earth
> >>> for the resolution of the
> >>> problem.
> >>> It will help people like me if there are some concrete suggestions
> >>> towards
> >>> resolution of the issue. One way of garnering support is to educate
> >>>
> >>> people,
> >>> so that they can start suggesting their leaders and build a
> >>> climate
> >>> towards
> >>> resolution of the issue.
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Junaid" <justjunaid at gmail.com>
> >>> To: <reader-list at sarai.net>; "Junaid"
> >>> <justjunaid at gmail.com>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:57 PM
> >>> Subject:
> >>> [Reader-list] Little Kashmiri boys arrested
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Dozens of young boys have
> >>>
> >>> been arrested across Kashmir under draconian
> >>>>
> >>>> laws over the last few weeks.
> >>>
> >>> The charges that have been filed against
> >>>>
> >>>> them range from "waging war
> >>>
> >>> against the state" to defiling "state
> >>>>
> >>>> honor". In recent months Indian
> >>>
> >>> military and police commanders have
> >>>>
> >>>> described protests in Kashmir as
> >>>
> >>> "agitational terrorism" and
> >>>>
> >>>> "non-violent terrorism" in order to justify
> >>>
> >>> violent clampdown on
> >>>>
> >>>> protests by Kashmiris. In the same period around 8
> >>>
> >>> people, mostly
> >>>>
> >>>> teenagers, have been either shot to death or fatally injured
> >>>
> >>> by
> >>>>
> >>>> indiscriminate use of tear-gas shells. Over the last two years the
> >>>>
> >>> number of dead in shootings is more than a hundred. Meanwhile
> >>>>
> >>>> thousands of
> >>>
> >>> people have been injured. Many of them will be left with
> >>>>
> >>>> permanent physical
> >>>
> >>> disabilities. The police authorities have banned
> >>>>
> >>>> any peaceful assembly of
> >>>
> >>> people. Many places in downtown Srinagar and
> >>>>
> >>>> other towns have reported
> >>>
> >>> police brutalities. Even the villages are
> >>>>
> >>>> not being spared. Only yesterday,
> >>>
> >>> mourning villagers were attacked by
> >>>>
> >>>> CRPF troopers in Redwani in South
> >>>
> >>> Kashmir. Dozens of them were injured
> >>>>
> >>>> by CRPF's indiscriminate firing. Most
> >>>
> >>> of the injuries were inflicted
> >>>>
> >>>> above the waist showing an intention to
> >>>
> >>> kill.
> >>>>
> >>>> India's dirty war in Kashmir has been going on for many years now,
> >>>
> >>> but
> >>>>
> >>>> in the last two years it has acquired a particularly cruel
> >>>
> >>> dimension.
> >>>>
> >>>> The systematic nature of brutal tactics is meant to discipline
> >>>
> >>> and
> >>>>
> >>>> demoralize Kashmir's struggling masses. At the same time, the Indian
> >>>>
> >>> state has kept up the rhetoric of confidence building measures to
> >>>>
> >>>> deceive
> >>>
> >>> its own citizens. In this light, the move to allow Kashmiris
> >>>>
> >>>> in Azad
> >>>
> >>> Kashmir to return home is nothing new. This surrender policy
> >>>>
> >>>> has been there
> >>>
> >>> for many years, but is ceremonially dusted and brought
> >>>>
> >>>> back every few years
> >>>
> >>> to earn brownie points.
> >>>>
> >>>> National Conference government which has proved
> >>>
> >>> its inability to
> >>>>
> >>>> function without authorization from New Delhi, and can't
> >>>
> >>> even remove
> >>>>
> >>>> an erring official without Delhi's explicit approval, has
> >>>
> >>> sought to
> >>>>
> >>>> play it safe: i.e. to stay in power they will go to any extent
> >>>
> >>> to
> >>>>
> >>>> please their masters. In photo-ops Omar Abdullah is seen begging for
> >>>>
> >>> leniency from Chidamabaram, but at home he has reinvigorated the cruel
> >>>>
> >>> police apparatus his father put into place in mid-1990's. CRPF and
> >>>>
> >>>> Kashmir
> >>>
> >>> police has increased their level of savagery in recent months,
> >>>>
> >>>> perhaps in a
> >>>
> >>> bid to show that they can handle Kashmir without Indian
> >>>>
> >>>> army's help.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Indian media has mostly blacked-out the grim news from Kashmir (apart
> >>>>
> >>>> from
> >>>
> >>> the few and far in between stories, like the ones below). It is
> >>>>
> >>>> time, the
> >>>
> >>> conscientious and rational Indian citizens form a solidarity
> >>>>
> >>>> with
> >>>
> >>> Kashmiris, disseminate widely the stories about Indian state's
> >>>>
> >>>> inhuman
> >>>
> >>> tactics in Kashmir, and build pressure on their government to
> >>>>
> >>>> stop human
> >>>
> >>> rights violations in Kashmir. And to accept the fact that
> >>>>
> >>>> Kashmir is a
> >>>
> >>> political issue that needs to be solved, with the full
> >>>>
> >>>> involvement of
> >>>
> >>> Kashmiris.
> >>>>
> >>>> _____________________
> >>>> Stone-pelting an act of war: J-K
> >>>
> >>> gov;
> >>>>
> >>>> Riyaz Wani
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Stone-pelting-an-act-of-war--J-K-govt/580232
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> The Jammu-Kashmir government has decided to arrest stone-pelters for
> >>>>
> >>> Owaging war against the stateą, a crime punishable with death or life
> >>>>
> >>>> in
> >>>
> >>> jail.
> >>>>
> >>>> The state has already slapped the Public Safety Act against
> >>>
> >>> eight
> >>>>
> >>>> stone-pelters, all between 15 and 18 years old, over the past week
> >>>>
> >>> while 16 youths from downtown Srinagar are being tried under section
> >>>>
> >>>> 121 of
> >>>
> >>> CrPC (waging war against the state). Sources in the state Home
> >>>>
> >>>> Department
> >>>
> >>> told The Indian Express that the government was ready with
> >>>>
> >>>> PSAs against ł20
> >>>
> >>> more such youths˛.
> >>>>
> >>>> The 16 youths were produced before a Srinagar Court
> >>>
> >>> on Monday. Police
> >>>>
> >>>> sought their remand for eight days, which was soon
> >>>
> >>> granted by Judge
> >>>>
> >>>> Masarat Jabeen.The boys, the investigating officer told
> >>>
> >>> the court,
> >>>>
> >>>> were directly involved in pelting stones at police and
> >>>
> >>> security
> >>>>
> >>>> forces.
> >>>>
> >>>> However, counsel for the accused Rafique Joo said
> >>>
> >>> the youths were held
> >>>>
> >>>> in random raids across the city and were not involved
> >>>
> >>> in
> >>>>
> >>>> stone-pelting. He opposed booking of youth under Section 121 of
> >>>
> >>> CrPC.
> >>>>
> >>>> J&K first started booking stone-pelters under the Public Safety
> >>>
> >>> Act
> >>>>
> >>>> during the 2008 Amarnath land row agitation. The first person to be
> >>>>
> >>> booked was Nayeem Ahmad of Rainawari, Srinagar. Though he was released
> >>>>
> >>> shortly after, Ahmad was again picked up in June last year during
> >>>>
> >>>> protests
> >>>
> >>> over the death of two women in Shopian.
> >>>>
> >>>> IGP, Kashmir, Farooq Ahmad said
> >>>
> >>> he was not in a position to give łthe
> >>>>
> >>>> exact number of youths˛ booked under
> >>>
> >>> PSA or Section 121 of CrPC. łI am
> >>>>
> >>>> out of station and donąt have the exact
> >>>
> >>> number,˛ Ahmad told The Indian
> >>>>
> >>>> Express.
> >>>> Police say waging war against
> >>>
> >>> country, judge not impressed
> >>>>
> >>>> _____________
> >>>> Police say waging war
> >>>
> >>> against country, judge not impressed
> >>>>
> >>>> Peerzada Ashiq
> >>>>
> >>> peer.mushtaq at hindustantimes.com
> >>>>
> >>>> Srinagar: Who is Zahoor Ahmad? shouted
> >>>
> >>> Masrat Jabeen, sitting on a
> >>>>
> >>>> raised platform in 14X14 room with three rows
> >>>
> >>> of chairs. łYes madam.
> >>>>
> >>>> Present madam˛, replied a boy standing among 16
> >>>
> >>> jostled youth with red
> >>>>
> >>>> cheeks and red hands because of cold.
> >>>>
> >>>> This is
> >>>
> >>> no classroom but a court hearing of 16 boys arrested on Sunday
> >>>>
> >>>> in downtown
> >>>
> >>> Srinagar for allegedly pelting stones at policemen. The
> >>>>
> >>>> police presented
> >>>
> >>> them before the court on Monday for extending their
> >>>>
> >>>> police remand. But
> >>>
> >>> after hearing the two sides, judge Jabeen sent the
> >>>>
> >>>> boys to judicial remand
> >>>
> >>> for 15 days.
> >>>>
> >>>> łHow did you know all the names of the arrested youth in
> >>>
> >>> advance?˛
> >>>>
> >>>> judge Jabeen asked the investigation officer of the police.
> >>>
> >>> łThrough
> >>>>
> >>>> reliable sources,˛ replied the investigation officer.
> >>>>
> >>>> łHow
> >>>
> >>> is it possible? I donąt know anyone of these boys. Who are these
> >>>>
> >>>> reliable
> >>>
> >>> sources?˛ asked judge Jabeen. To which the investigation
> >>>>
> >>>> officer, looking
> >>>
> >>> at the floor, said: łThey are active stone throwers,
> >>>>
> >>>> and involved for the
> >>>
> >>> last five years.˛
> >>>>
> >>>> There was sudden commotion in the court room, when
> >>>
> >>> Zahid, one of the
> >>>>
> >>>> accused, interjected saying, łThis is for the first time
> >>>
> >>> we are in the
> >>>>
> >>>> lock up,˛ adding he was just 16 year old and a school-goer,
> >>>
> >>> who was on
> >>>>
> >>>> the bike when the police arrested him.
> >>>>
> >>>> The boy, wearing a
> >>>
> >>> pair of jeans and jacket, started crying and are
> >>>>
> >>>> joined by others in the
> >>>
> >>> room, with the lawyer, Muhammad Rafiq Joo,
> >>>>
> >>>> requesting them to wipe tears
> >>>
> >>> and be mum. łDonąt worry justice will be
> >>>>
> >>>> done,˛ said Joo adding since Chief
> >>>
> >>> Minister Omar Abdullah told the
> >>>>
> >>>> media we are launching a crackdown against
> >>>
> >>> stone-pelters, the police
> >>>>
> >>>> are picking up anyone who comes in the way.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> The boys --- in the age group of 15 to 22 and brought to the court in
> >>>>
> >>>> heavy
> >>>
> >>> chains --- are facing the charges like the waging war against
> >>>>
> >>>> the state and
> >>>
> >>> insulting the national honour. The punishment includes
> >>>>
> >>>> life imprisonment.
> >>>
> >>> The boys have been arrested from downtown Srinagar
> >>>>
> >>>> and were presented
> >>>
> >>> before the court by the Nowhatta Police Station.
> >>>>
> >>>> Lawyer Joo contested
> >>>
> >>> that the police cannot impose the waging a war
> >>>>
> >>>> against the nation unless a
> >>>
> >>> magistrate has done an investigation in a
> >>>>
> >>>> case and the police cannot do it
> >>>
> >>> on their own.
> >>>>
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