Separatists in Kashmir have joined the chorus with its arch rival the pro-India National Conference to corner the security forces over the suspected terror attacks in the Kashmir valley.
Separatists in Kashmir have joined the chorus with its arch rival the pro-India National Conference to corner the security forces over the suspected terror attacks in the Kashmir valley on Tuesday.
Cutting across their ideological lines, both moderate and hard-line factions of the Hurriyat Conference have taken the fight a step ahead demanding international probe into all attacks including the grenade blasts attacks in Srinagar.
“It has been long time stand that there are more than 100 agencies working overtime in Kashmir. All these attacks at public places and in the civilian areas are suspicious. We reiterate our demand that there should be international probe into all these incidents to unravel the truth”, said Ayaz Akbar, spokesman of the Geelani-led hard-line faction of Hurriyat.
Not the hardliners, even moderates have sharpened their attacks against the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. “Mustafa Kamal’s party is on power. They have information and institutions under their command. And Kamal’s statement might be based on the specific inputs. It can’t out of blue. I agree what he said”, said Syed Saleem Geelani, spokesman of the moderate faction of Hurriyat.
Kamal on Tuesday said there is not a finger of suspicion but a strong possibility that those very people who have said there is absolutely no question of withdrawing Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) might have carried out the attacks. However under pressure from his party, Kamal later modified his statement to give escape route to party leaders who are serving in the government.
The army was quick to rubbist the statement of Kamal, who is the uncle of chief minister Omar Abdullah and brother of union minister Farooq Abdullah. "It is not worthy a comment", said Lieutenant Colonel JS Brar, defence ministry spokesman at Srinagar, while reacting Kamal diatribe.
But separatists are not buying the arrugment saying AFSPA is a "license to kill" for the security forces. “They do not want to get away with these unbridled powers”, said Akbar.
Meanwhile People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti met J&K governor NN Vohra and called for phased withdrawal of troops from civilian duties and areas and also the removal of special powers. “The state government must withdraw the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) to facilitate a complete revival of civil and democratic institutions in the state as in other parts of the country”, she said.
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