Slain Soura Youths 3rd Anniversary Today
Srinagar: The third anniversary of 17 year old Omar Qayoom from Soura, who according to family died in police custody in 2010 agitation is being observed today (Aug 25). Abdul Qayoom, father of Omar said that even after passing of three years, no FIR has been lodged by police in this case. We have already approached State Human Rights Commission which would pass its judgment on September 6 next.
A top police official approached me several times asking me to take the case back in lieu of monetary benefits and a Govt job, but I bluntly refused, he said adding that the culprits involved in the killing of his son should be booked without any delay.
Abdul Qayoom said that they have been repeatedly going to police for registering an FIR but to no avail.
Now three years have passed since Omars death. We have been approaching the police but they did not file an FIR, said Omars father, Muhammad Qayoum Bhat.
We want justice. We want the policemen who tortured him be bought to book, he said.
Omar breathed his last at SKIMS on August 25, 2010. A class XI student, he, according to family was picked up by police on August 20 along with two other youth- Amir Bashir Sheikh son of Bashir Ahmad of Umarheir, Buchpora, and Irshad Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Qadir of Dar Mohalla, Soura, during protests near his Malik Sahab locality.
However, the three were granted bail a few days later by a court and they went home.
Qayoom said police brutally tortured his son in custody and didnt allow him to take him to hospital. At the time of his arrest, he said his son was thrashed against an iron shutter of a shop and an electric pole. We dont want any other family should suffer like this. The killers must be punished so that it acts as a deterrent in future, he asserted.
Meanwhile, JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik while paying rich tributes to Omar Qayoom said that he belongs to a class of martyrs who by sacrificing his blood took the case and cause of freedom struggle of Kashmiris before the peoples of the world.
In a statement, Malik said that Umer Qayoom was martyred in 2010 and since then justice is being denied to his parents. We as a nation stand behind his family in pursuit of this goal and express our solidarity with his parents and other family members, Yasin Malik said adding that this nation cannot forget the sacrifices given by these martyrs and will keep the flame of struggle high till the attainment of the goal. (CNS)
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