Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 19: The former Chief Minister and president of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti, today demanded an investigation into recent killings.
Mehbooba said that the deteriorating situation will allow BJP to play the Hindu-Muslim game.
“An investigation should be conducted in order to determine who is killing whom. We are also concerned that as the Himachal Pradesh elections draw closer, the situation will deteriorate further, allowing the BJP to take advantage of it and keep playing the Hindu-Muslim game,” she said. Click here to watch video
She also demanded investigation into the killing of Ganaie. “The situation is getting worse every day, whether it be the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit who had remained in the Valley under trying circumstances and decided to live here, coupled with the killing of two UP laborers. Even worse, we were informed that Imran Ganie was killed by militants while under security after being detained in the name of a hybrid militant,” she said.
“If a militant can kill someone in police custody, imagine what the situation is like for the average person. We demand a probe into the death of Imran Ganaie while he was in detention and condemn the killings of two laborers and a Kashmiri pandit,” she added.
“We want to know what happened and whether a militant could sneak into police custody and kill someone, or if the catch-and-kill policy—where people are allegedly being apprehended and killed while in detention—is being used in Kashmir. It would be similar to Punjab, where there are claims that people have been killed while being in detention under the same policy,” she said.
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