Srinagar: Jama’at-e-Islami on Wednesday condemned the detention of five members of a family along with a neighbour during the night after the militant attack which resulted in the death of 7 pilgrims.
Seven Amarnath pilgrims were killed and nineteen injured on Monday evening after a suspected militant attack on the government forces in Batengoo, a village between Khanbal and Bejbehara, an area of Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to reports, militants opened fire on the armed forces on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Batengoo at two places.
“Detention of five members of a family along with a neighbor during the night after the dastardly attack on a bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims from the house of Mushtaq Ahmad Laway in Botengu Islamabad and thrashing all inmates without any legal or moral justification, and thereafter breaking all windows and doors besides ransacking all household goods, is an uncivilized act not possible in the civilized world,” the Jama’at spokesperson said.
In the statement, the Jama’at accused the police of raiding the house of Mushtaq Ahmad Laway on Monday night.
“On one hand, forces personnel along with SOG of police raided the house of Mushtaq Ahmad Laway during the Monday night and after ransacking everything which came in their way, took away five family members and a neighbour who had taken refuge there, were after ruthless beating detained,” the statement added.
The statement further added “But on the other hand, DIG and SSP of police concerned deny making any arrests in the area. It proves that these forces have obtained free license to commit atrocities upon the hapless people of Kashmir at their will.”
