Wednesday 12 November 2008

Indian police summon 110 youth in Occupied Kashmir

Indian police have summoned 110 youth to police stations in Islamabad township for their participation in pro-liberation marches in occupied Kashmir according to the APP.
A top police officer said that police have prepared list of 110 youth of different localities of the township and have summoned them and their fathers to police stations, KMS reported.
A youth, who participated in demonstrations at Islamabad on last Friday, told newsmen that some policemen visited his residence on Sunday morning and asked him to come to Sadder Police Station along with his father. He said policemen told him that he was being summoned for participating in demonstrations.
A youth of Mehman Mohalla, said that two policemen visited his house few days back and directed him to be present in the police station along with his father. He said when he visited the police station he was subjected to severe questioning there, adding, 'It is not for the first time that police have been harassing the youth for participating in freedom marches.'
The parents of some of the youth said that police officials had warned them that in case their wards participated in the demonstration again, they would be booked under the infamous Public Safety Act (PSA).
Terming the act of police as an attempt to muzzle the voice, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir, Qazi Yasir said, 'After failing to stop the youth from participating pro-freedom protests, they have resorted to harassing and torturing them and their family members.' These acts won't deter them from participating in freedom marches, he said.

No comments: