Srinagar, Sep 17, KONS: Repeating his clarification that his planned protests before camps of the armed forces on Tuesday were to be absolutely peaceful, the chairman of the Hurriyat (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, on Friday condemned the severe curfew in force in Kashmir, saying that the army had begun a fresh series of killings shortly after stepping in.
Geelani held the army responsible for Friday’s killings in Beeru, Pattan and Shopian,and said that it(the army) had begun a dangerous spree soon after being called in on the pretext of assisting the police and the paramilitary forces on maintaining law and order.
Describing the alleged killings by the army as alarming, Geelani said: “Now the Indian army has been put on war against unarmed Kashmiris and it is planning mass killings”.
“Indian rulers want Kashmiris to surrender by holding a gun to the heads, but the policy-makers in New Delhi should understand that such tactic have not worked in the past and will not work in the future,” he said.
He said that preventing Kashmiris from offering Friday prayers amounted to interference in religious affairs, and that “now we have no option but to do or die”.
Clarifying on its Tuesday programme, the Hurriyat (G)n said that the Indian media and army had tried to project it as a plan to carry out attacks on forces camps.
Kashmir Observer
