Geelani shocked over Pulwama rape, murder

Srinagar: While expressing his grief and sorrow over the shameful incident of murder and rape of a 21 year old girl in Pulwama, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Saturday demanded stern punishment to the culprits.

He also expressed his deep concern over the rising graph of the monster crimes and said that some decades back these types of evils were beyond the imagination of our society. But the situation has changed and the criminal mindset is now flourishing in our society. The murder and rape incident in Pulwama have shaken every conscious Kashmiri and it have created an environment of fear among the people, Geelani said

While commenting over the rising graph of crimes, he alleged, Easy availability of the liquor and other drugs under the patronage of the government is playing a very important role in the increase of these crimes. Our age old traditions of modesty and chastity are being eradicated in a planed way.

Though controlling these crimes is not possible without the help of state power, it is the responsibility of every responsible citizen, Islamic scholars and the Imams of the masjids to stand against these evils and jointly fight against this. A close watch should be kept over the criminal people in every locality and every Mohalla, the Hurriyat (G) chairman said.

Geelani said that Hurriyat is closely monitoring the incident in Pulwama and demanded that the people behind such incident should be given stern punishment.

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