[Marxistindia] On Incidents in Kashmir

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April 15, 2017


Press Statement


The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

On Incidents in Kashmir

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its deep outrage over reports of
a Kashmiri youth being tied on a jeep belonging to central security forces
ostensibly to be used as a shield against stone-pelters. The 26 year old
Farooq Ahmad Dar is reported in media to have said that he has never been
a stone pelter and works on embroidering Kashmiri shawls.

Though the J&K Chief Minister has announced an enquiry, those responsible
for this outrage of parading a Kashmiri youth tied to a jeep through 8-10
villages must be made accountable and punished.

This incident followed the anger evoked over a video that went viral on
social media showing stone-pelters heckling and attacking a CRPF personnel
who was discharging election duties. The CRPF has since filed a police
complaint and three Kashmiri youth have been arrested.







(Hari Singh Kang)
For Central Committee





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