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We can't allow state brutality to snatch our humanity: Separatist leader Mirwaiz Farooq condemns cop's lynching

Separatist leader Mirwaiz Farooq condemns Mohammed Ayub Pandith's lynching

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Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday condemned the brutal lynching of a deputy superintendent of police (DySp) Mohammed Ayub Pandith saying, he was deeply disturb.

"Deeply disturbed & condemn the brutal act at Nowhatta. Mob violence & public lynching is outside the parameters of our values & religion....?, Farooq said in a series of tweets.

"We cannot allow state brutality to snatch our humanity & values," he said in another tweet.

The police officer identified as Mohammed Ayoub Pandit was on duty when the mob attacked him. He was stripped naked and stoned to death by an irate mob after he allegedly opened fire at a group of people, who caught him clicking pictures near a mosque

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah also took to his Twitter handle saying the manner of the cop's death of is a travesty and the people involved in this incident will 'burn in hell for their sins'.

Meanwhile, two people have been arrested so far in this incident and third one has been identified.

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