SrinagarKashmir legislator Engineer Sheikh Abdul Rasheed Monday organized a unique demonstration to highlight what he described as plight of policemen who were thrashed by Army inside their police station in Central Kashmir last week.
Eight policemen including two officers were injured after army soldiers thrashed them and ransacked police station Gund in Ganderbal district on Friday night.
Rasheed along with the scores of party workers appeared near Polo-View and marched towards city centre Lal Chowk. Displaying banners and placards that read: JKP promises not to commit excesses on people the protesters led by Rasheed condemned the Army attack on the local cops.
Policemen should take an oath today that they wont inflict brutalities on their own people, he said.
Interestingly some of the party workers donning the Khaki uniform of JK Police with bandaged foreheads, depicting the injuries suffered in the said assault, specially caught attention of passersby, many of whom also joined in.
Rasheed was however soon detained by police and lodged into police station Kothi Bagh.
Before his arrest, Rasheed said that this protest has been organized to show the whole world what happened to the policemen in Kashmir. Not to speak of common men, even policemen who aid and assist India are not safe in Kashmir. Army thrashed them for being Kashmiri, he said and appealed JKP to stop confronting and targeting their own people who according to him are fighting for a just cause.
This protest is aimed at to awaken the conscience of the Kashmiri policemen. They who use pellets and bullets on their own people should understand and realize that their uniform cant save them, Rasheed said.
The protesters continuously raised slogans: Bharat Se Rishta Kya, Jabri Qabza Aur Kya and Hai Haq Hamara Rai Shumari.
Unlike in past the police this time didnt stop Rasheed near Kothi Bagh Police Station and allowed him to march towards city centre. The traffic came to stand still due to pro-police protest. Witnesses said that even pedestrians participated in his protest and chanted pro-freedom slogans.
Rasheed was detained by a police party from Maisuma Police Station. As Rasheed was being whisked away by police, his supporters kept raising slogans in favour of plebiscite and against Indian army. (CNS)
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