Kashmir MLA protesting Yakub hanging detained
“Such an urgency is nowhere to be seen when it comes to cases relating to people involved in massacre of Muslims.” Rashid said leading a protest rally in Srinagar’s city centre Lal chowk. He held a symbolic sit-in near the clock tower in the commercial hub of the city.
“Capital punishment as it is, is not only inhuman but has failed to serve the desired purpose. Those supporting capital punishment need to answer if the hanging of people anywhere helped in making lives of common citizens safer,” Rashid said.
He said many of those wearing uniform and who carried out broad daylight killings in Kashmir are roaming free and have been awarded with promotions and rewards.
He said it would be better for Indian State to introspect and listen to the grievances of deprived and oppressed people of the country so that extremist elements don’t get a reason to take harsh steps.
Minorities, especially Muslims in India, can’t be denied justice by labelling them as radicals and Pakistani agents, he said.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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