Attack on Bar by Hindu extremists widely condemned in IHK

Srinagar, March 19 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the assault on Kashmiri lawyers by a mob of Hindu extremists outside Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu has triggered severe condemnation from various political, religious, and social organizations. The lawyers on Monday had gone to visit detainees on the orders of High Court to see if they needed any legal help.

The All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), while condemning the attack, termed it a vain attempt by Hindu fanatics to put a cover on the atrocities and excesses being perpetrated on the Kashmiri detainees languishing in different jails of Jammu and India.

“The attack on lawyers cannot be termed as an aberration as the Hindu extremists have attacked various pro-movement leaders in the past,” said the APHC spokesman. He flayed the puppet administration for not taking any action against the assailants, adding, “The authorities have demonstrated state terrorism albeit in a different form.”

Senior Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani termed the act of Hindu Chauvinists as fascism. “The attack on lawyers reflects the extent of danger to the life of Kashmiri prisoners in jails,” said Gilani. He appealed to the International Committee of Red Cross to take serious notice of it and play its role in getting the detainees shifted to Valley to ensure security to their life.

The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) termed the attack a vile tactic by the superintendent Kot Bhalwal Jail. The JKLF has warned of serious consequences if the assailants were not arrested and brought to justice and appealed to all the Muslim and democratic countries to exert pressure on India to stop atrocities on people in occupied Kashmir.

Comdemning the attack, the patron of Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi, Muhammad Azam Inqalabi said that such Hindu extremists had massacred lakhs of Muslims in Jammu in 1947.

The Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) at a meeting held at its head office in Srinagar and presided over by its chairman Zaffar Akbar Bhat strongly condemned the attack on lawyers. “This attack on lawyers has proved it beyond any doubt that the Hindu chauvinists enjoyed the patronage and support of the administration and police in Jammu, Zaffar said.

The Secretary General of the Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League termed the attack a handiwork of Indian secret agencies and added that the attack had debunked India’s claims of being a democratic country.