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NC Protest: ‘Attempts being made to shield accused in Kathua case, CM has failed to take Shopian FIR to logical end’

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Saturday took out a protest march from Party Headquarters ‘Nawa-e-Subha’ in Srinagar to the Chief Minister’s residence at Gupkar Road to protest against the ‘brazen and shocking attempts’ that have been made to shield the accused  in the heinous and barbaric Kathua rape and murder case.

Led by NC’s General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, NC Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani, Party Vice President Chaudhary Muhammad Ramzan and North Zone President Muhammad Akbar Lone, hundreds of National Conference activists, members of the legal-cell and women’s cell of the party marched towards the Chief Minister’s residence seeking answers about the brazen mishandling of the case under apparent political pressure from some quarters.

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Sagar, in a statement said the the Government had shown shocking and shameful insensitivity towards the heinous tragedy in Kathua and it was further a shame when two Cabinet Ministers participated in a rally that aimed to shield the culprits by mounting political pressure on the investigation.

“The State Government has rubbed salt on the wounds of Asifa’s family by allowing these forces to intimidate, torment and harass them even while they are in mourning. It was shameful that the State Government and the District Administration couldn’t even facilitate Asifa’s burial in her own village as goons attacked the family forcing them to bury her in a neighbouring village. Following this tragedy, the revelation that evidence was destroyed clearly indicates towards a deep-rooted conspiracy being hatched at the highest quarters to save the culprits and the participation of two Cabinet Ministers in the Hindu Ekta Manch event raises a lot of questions in this context”, the NC General Secretary said while speaking to the media during the protest march.

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Sagar also lashed out at the State Government and the Chief Minister for their abject failure to take the Shopian killings FIR to any conclusion and said the Government had been ridiculed by the Central Government which has filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking the quashing of the FIR filed by the J&K Government.

“First CM Mehbooba assured the people on the floor of the Assembly that she would take the Shopian FIR to its logical conclusion and then when the accused Army Officer’s father move to the Supreme Court – Mehbooba’s Government said the Major’s name doesn’t even exist in the said FIR. Consequently the Central Government filed a fresh plea in the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the FIR filed by the J&K Government. Now the very right of the State Government to take legal action in these matters is being mocked and unfortunately the Chief Minister is completely silent and has surrendered. This doesn’t auger well for the State and CM must answer”, the NC General Secretary added.

 

(With inputs from KNS)

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