SRINAGAR: Describing the killing of militant commander, Burhan Wani as extra-judicial, the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society Sunday said that Kashmir was virtually under a state of emergency as Indian armed forces and Jammu and Kashmir Police have used excessive force to thwart the mourners from protesting and participating in the funeral processions of the slain militants.
So far, around 17 civilians have been killed in Islamabad, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama districts, while as more than 350 people have been injured from across all districts of the Kashmir valley, a press statement of the CCS said here today. There are reports that CRPF and Police have been involved in the destruction of movable and immovable properties. Curfew has been strictly imposed in all districts of Kashmir, but people are defying the curfew at various places.
It is shocking and painful that Indian armed forces have yet again unleashed terror on the mourners and protesters, resulting in massive civilian casualties, Khurram Parvez, programme director, CCS, said in the statement. The police and armed forces appear to have free hand to kill, injure, torture and destroy property.
Khurran said the government of India and Jammu and Kashmir lack the will to institute a crowd control policy, which can ensure no or minimized civilian casualties. On the one hand armed forces are preventing the injured to be ferried to hospitals, at the same time senior police officials without any credible investigations have begun to accuse the dead and the injured for their own bloodshed, he said.
Pertinently, Additional Director General of Police, S.M. Sahai, in the press conference on Saturday accused the protestors of looting the weaponry from the Police Station Damhal Hanjipora and then for using it against the police men. Government should reveal the names of those police personnel who were injured by the firearm used by the civilians and where are they being treated; otherwise Mr. Sahai’s claim is part of the regular government psy-ops, Khurram said.
He said, besides the protesters, the CRPF and Police at various places have assaulted the patients and attendants inside the hospitals and ambulances. So far we have reports that Indian armed forces raided the Islamabad District Hospital, PHC Lalpora and SMHS hospital.
These raids and assaults on the ambulances and inside the hospitals is not the first time, he said. People in Kashmir have witnessed the same in 2008, 2009 and 2010 civil uprisings.
Attacking hospitals and ambulances, Khurram said, is a crime under the International Humanitarian Law and Indian armed forces have been repeatedly accused of this crime in Kashmir. There is absolute lawlessness and impunity enjoyed by the Indian armed forces and this must be condemned by the people of conscience in India and internationally, he said.
The CCS has gathered the list of injured along with the nature of injuries at SMHS hospital.
1. Ashiq Ahmed Lone 18 years
S/O Ghulam Nabi Lone
Khrewshar
Bullet injury in left thigh
2. Merajuddin Ganai 20 years
S/O Gulzar Ahmed Ganai
Barsoo, Awantipora
Bullet injury in left buttock
3. Umar Majeed 18 years
S/O Abdul Majeed Hurra
Barsoo, Awantipora
Bullet injury in left buttock with pelvis
4. Aqib Dar 18 years
S/O Abdul Gaffar Dar
Awantipora
Bullet injuries in both legs
5. Mohammad Shafi Dar 24 years
S/O Ali Mohammad Dar
Goripora, Awantipora
Bullet injury in the right leg
6. Danish Bhat 22 years
S/O Abdul Salaam Bhat
Shopian
Bullet injury in abdomen
7. Showkat Ahmed Rather 22 years
S/O Mohammad Ramzan Rather
Simthan, Bijbehara
Bullet injury on the left side of neck (Critical)
8. Umar Shafi 16 years
Achabal, Islamabad
Bullet injury on head
(Dead body handed over to the family)
9. Azad Hussain 25 years
S/O Ghulam Mohammad
Pudsoo, Shopian
Bullet injuries in both legs (Death)
10. Khalid Bhat 22 years
S/O Ghulam Nabi Bhat
Achabal, Islamabad
Bullet injury in left buttock
11. Shahid 16 years
S/O Fayaz Ahmed
Kokernag, Islamabad
Bullet injury in the right abdomen (Critical)
12. Rasik Lone 25 years
S/O Mohammad Hayat Lone
Shopian
Bullet injury in the right side of the back
13. Junaid Baba 20 years
S/O Manzoor Ahmed Baba
Kulgam
Bullet injury in the pelvis
14. Shaheen Jaan 25 years
W/O Parvez Ahmed
Bullet injury in abdomen
15. Shameema 25 years
W/O Abdul Rashid
Bijbehara
Bullet injury in abdomen
16. Ruksana 25 years
W/O Mohammad Shafi Bhat
Arwani, Bijbehara
Bullet injury in right shoulder
17. Zahid Rashid 18 years
S/O Late Abdul Rashid
Mindoora, Tral
Pellet injury in left eye
18. Farooq Ahmed Rather 25 years
S/O Ghulam Nabi Rather
Frestbal, Pampore
Pellet injury in chest
19. Aqib Hassan Parray 25 years
Ghulam Hassan Parray
Tahab, Pulwama
Pellet injuries on chest, bilateral legs and arms
20. Manzoor Ahmed Wani 25 years
S/O Abdul Rashid Wani
Barsoo, Awantipora
Pellet injury in the head
21. Umar Najjar 21 years
S/O Ghulam Mohammad Najjar
Natipora
Pellet injury to face and chest
22. Babur Mir 21 years
S/O Ghulam Nabi Mir
Tarzoo, Sopore
Pellet injury in left eye
23. Aamir 18 years
S/O Manzoor Ahmed
Kulgam
Pellet injury on forehead (Critical)
24. Zubair Dar 18 years
S/O Abdul Hameed Dar
Kulgam
Pellet injuries in right abdomen and left leg
25. Tabish Bhat 20 years
S/O Mohammad Rafiq Bhat
Pampore
Pellet injuries in left eye and face
26. Sadiq Ahmed Dar 19 years
S/O Mohammad Siddiq Dar
Pampore
Pellet injury in right buttock
27. Saaliq Bidroo 20 years
S/O Nasir Ahmed Bidroo
Baramulla
Pellet injuries in right eye and face
28. Riyaz Ahmed Dar 25 years
S/O Abdul Majeed Dar
Barsoo, Awantipora
Pellet injury in abdomen
29. Altaf Ahmed 25 years
S/O Ghulam Ahmed Rather
Kakpora, Pulwama
Pellet injuries on face and head
30. Sheikh Sajjad 21 years
S/O Ghulam Nabi Sheikh
Nalbal, Nowshehra
Pellet injury in left eye
31. Aqib 18 years
S/O Abdul Rehman
Kokernag, Islamabad
Pellet injury in the right eye
32. Aamir 16 years
S/O Abdul Gani
Shopian
Pellet injury
33. Sheikh Tahir 25 years
S/O Abdul Rashid Sheikh
Parimpora, Srinagar
Pellet injury in the right eye
34. Zubair Ahmed Dar 20 years
S/O Ghulam Rasool Dar
Islamabad
Pellet injury in the left eye
35. Aasif Lone 18 years
S/O Mohammad Subhan Lone
Sopore
Pellet injury in both eyes
36. Hazim 15 years
Sopore
Pellet injuries in both eyes
37. Umar 23 years
S/O Farooq Ahmed
Khonmuh
Pellet injury in left eye
38. Gowhar Ahmed Shergojri 16 years
S/O Abdul Razak Shergojri
Rajpora, Pulwama
Pellet injury in right eye
39. Mohammad Asif 16 years
S/O Mohammad Sultan
Zainpora
Pellet injuries in both eyes and chest
40. Fayaz Ahmed Malik 30 years
S/O Ghulam Mustafa Malik
Shirpora, Islamabad
Pellet injury in right eye
41. Shoaib Ahmed Bhat 19 years
S/O Mohammad Ismail Bhat
Mitrigam, Pulwama
Pellet injury in left abdomen
42. Mohammad Shafi 18 years
S/O Ali Mohammad
Pakharpora
Pellet injury in head
43. Mohammad Yaseen 15 years
S/O Ghulam Mohammad
Chrari Gund
Pellet injury to right eye
44. Nazir Ahmed Wani 25 years
S/O Abdul Rehman Wani
Kellar, Shopian
Pellet injury to chest
45. Tufail Reshi 24 years
Tral
Pellet injury to head, neck and right arm
46. Yawar ul Islam 24 years
Nihama, Kulgam
Pellet injury to right thigh
47. Sameer Hajam 20 years
S/O Ghulam Nabi Hajam
Kellar, Shopian
Pellet injury to face and head
48. Mudassir Ahmed Sofi 19 years
S/O Shabir Ahmed Sofi
Khanpora, Baramulla
Pellet injury in right eye
49. Adil Rashid Wani 17 years
S/O Abdul Rashid Wani
Tral
Pellet injury in left eye
50. Ulfat Nengroo 19 years
D/O Ghulam Mohammad Nengroo
Nanil, Bijbehara
Pellet injury in left eye
51. Adil Shafi 20 years
S/O Mohammad Shafi
Hassan Pora, Bijbehara
52. Tajamul 19 years
S/O Ghulam Mohiuddin Malik
Palhallan, Pattan
Pellet injuries in face, chest and eye
53. Khalid Mir
S/O Ghulam Mohiuddin Mir
Pulwama
Pellet injury
54. Zubair Malla 22 years
S/O Mohammad Akbar Malla
Awantipora
Injuries due to torture
55. Aabid Ahmed Wani 16 years
S/O Ghulam Mohiuddin Wani
Jovpora, Awantipora
Head injury due to torture
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