Urges elected govt to intervene
SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir, Dr Molvi Mohammad Umar Farooq, while speaking at the Friday congregation at Jama Masjid Srinagar, said that there is deep concern among people over the developments taking place in which individuals are being arrested in connection with decades-old cases.
“This has created a lot of anxiety and uncertainty, especially among those persons and their families who have long since disengaged from past paths,” he said. “Already thousands of Kashmiri prisoners are languishing in jails in and outside J&K, some for decades, causing immense suffering to their families, arresting more and more people only adds to the woes and pain of Kashmiris.”
Urging the J&K government to intervene, Mirwaiz called for a review of the handling of such old cases and appealed for the transfer of detainees back to Jammu & Kashmir to ensure a fairer, faster, and more compassionate process of justice. He also appealed to them to intervene and stop the continuing process of arrests and detention of individuals who have moved on and are not associated with any form of violence in decades.