PaRCha - JNU - AISA chits - 2011 ID-12326
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Once Again State Machinery Bares its Fangs.
.
in Kashmir!.
.
Condemn the Killing of 18-year old Altaf by CISF Personnel!.
.
New Year in Kashmir was ushered in with the brutal murder of an 18-year old student, Altaf Ahmed.
.
Sood, who was shot dead in Boniyar (in Uri town, Kashmir) by CISF personnel a few days back..
His `crime'? He was protesting, along with several others, against power scarcity in the area..
Altaf now adds to the long list of people killed by indiscriminate and completely unprovoked firing.
by `security' forces in Kashmir. Yet another brutal remainder of how the entire state machinery in.
Kashmir deals with common people demanding their basic rights..
.
Altaf was fired at twice in the chest, while two others were injured and have bullet marks on.
their arm and face. The CISF is now predictably trying its level best to justify this inexcusable.
firing on peaceful protesters. CISF Director General N R Das has come up with several bizarre.
and condemnable lies and half truths - the protests are being portrayed as a serious `law and.
order problem' that warranted strong action. According to the CISF, they were "outnumbered" and.
that a "rampaging" crowd of several hundred people tried to forcibly enter the NHPC premises in.
Uri to vandalise and set fire to it. Several eyewitnesses have said that this `official' account.
of the incident is completely false. The protest was against the frequent power cuts in the.
area; there was NO attempt to damage the NHPC plant. Moreover, at the time of the firing, most.
of the protestors had moved away from the NHPC site and had gone to the Tehsil office Boniyar.
to discuss their demands with the officials. Only some 100 protestors were left behind, that too.
on the main road near the NHPC office, not even inside the premises..
.
More shamefully, according to CISF, it has merely followed "standard operating.
procedures' in curbing the protests. So now, it has become "standard operating procedure".
for the CISF to kill common people! Last September, a circular issued by CISF deputy inspector.
general Shikha Goel asked all units of the CISF not to wait for the arrival of the police and to.
take "any step" to safeguard the security of an installation "threatened" by "mob violence". This.
draconian circular is now being cited as the "reason" behind the firing in Uri. And after this brutal.
daylight murder, the CISF is not just justifying its role, it is also claiming immunity from prosecution.
by citing AFSPA..
.
The brutal murder of Altaf is not the first instance of the UPA's attempts to shield.
.
"security" personnel who have committed murder. To quote just another example, troops.
.
under the command of the 53 Infantry Brigade murdered three residents of Nadihal village - the.
.
defence ministry refused to sanction the prosecution of the military personnel involved. Every time.
.
the people of Kashmir raise their voices in protest, demanding even basic rights, they are met.
.
with bullets and lathis, with false charges, arrests and detentions by the army and paramilitary.
.
forces. This is the reality of "normal" life in Kashmir! People are summarily murdered in.
.
broad daylight, or else they are accused of being "terrorists", and killed in police detention or in.
.
"encounters". In the face of massive protests from the people, `enquiries' are ordered. However,.
.
nothing has ever come out of most of the `probes', and the murderers roam about scot free,.
.
protected by the entire state machinery. aisa.
.
AISA strongly condemns Altaf's murder, and demands.
immediate and exemplary action against those officials.
responsible. AISA also stands by the demands of the struggling.
people of Kashmir for their basic democratic rights to defend their.
life and livelihoods, and against the imposition of the draconian.
AFSPA and other Acts allowing security forces to perpetrate.
.
massacres with full impunity. 6.1.12.
..
PaRCha - JNU - AISA chits - 2011 ID-12326
.
Once Again State Machinery Bares its Fangs.
.
in Kashmir!.
.
Condemn the Killing of 18-year old Altaf by CISF Personnel!.
.
New Year in Kashmir was ushered in with the brutal murder of an 18-year old student, Altaf Ahmed.
.
Sood, who was shot dead in Boniyar (in Uri town, Kashmir) by CISF personnel a few days back..
His `crime'? He was protesting, along with several others, against power scarcity in the area..
Altaf now adds to the long list of people killed by indiscriminate and completely unprovoked firing.
by `security' forces in Kashmir. Yet another brutal remainder of how the entire state machinery in.
Kashmir deals with common people demanding their basic rights..
.
Altaf was fired at twice in the chest, while two others were injured and have bullet marks on.
their arm and face. The CISF is now predictably trying its level best to justify this inexcusable.
firing on peaceful protesters. CISF Director General N R Das has come up with several bizarre.
and condemnable lies and half truths - the protests are being portrayed as a serious `law and.
order problem' that warranted strong action. According to the CISF, they were "outnumbered" and.
that a "rampaging" crowd of several hundred people tried to forcibly enter the NHPC premises in.
Uri to vandalise and set fire to it. Several eyewitnesses have said that this `official' account.
of the incident is completely false. The protest was against the frequent power cuts in the.
area; there was NO attempt to damage the NHPC plant. Moreover, at the time of the firing, most.
of the protestors had moved away from the NHPC site and had gone to the Tehsil office Boniyar.
to discuss their demands with the officials. Only some 100 protestors were left behind, that too.
on the main road near the NHPC office, not even inside the premises..
.
More shamefully, according to CISF, it has merely followed "standard operating.
procedures' in curbing the protests. So now, it has become "standard operating procedure".
for the CISF to kill common people! Last September, a circular issued by CISF deputy inspector.
general Shikha Goel asked all units of the CISF not to wait for the arrival of the police and to.
take "any step" to safeguard the security of an installation "threatened" by "mob violence". This.
draconian circular is now being cited as the "reason" behind the firing in Uri. And after this brutal.
daylight murder, the CISF is not just justifying its role, it is also claiming immunity from prosecution.
by citing AFSPA..
.
The brutal murder of Altaf is not the first instance of the UPA's attempts to shield.
.
"security" personnel who have committed murder. To quote just another example, troops.
.
under the command of the 53 Infantry Brigade murdered three residents of Nadihal village - the.
.
defence ministry refused to sanction the prosecution of the military personnel involved. Every time.
.
the people of Kashmir raise their voices in protest, demanding even basic rights, they are met.
.
with bullets and lathis, with false charges, arrests and detentions by the army and paramilitary.
.
forces. This is the reality of "normal" life in Kashmir! People are summarily murdered in.
.
broad daylight, or else they are accused of being "terrorists", and killed in police detention or in.
.
"encounters". In the face of massive protests from the people, `enquiries' are ordered. However,.
.
nothing has ever come out of most of the `probes', and the murderers roam about scot free,.
.
protected by the entire state machinery. aisa.
.
AISA strongly condemns Altaf's murder, and demands.
immediate and exemplary action against those officials.
responsible. AISA also stands by the demands of the struggling.
people of Kashmir for their basic democratic rights to defend their.
life and livelihoods, and against the imposition of the draconian.
AFSPA and other Acts allowing security forces to perpetrate.
.
massacres with full impunity. 6.1.12.
..