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Mowing down of youth: Is this your new SOP, Omar asks Mehbooba
After a youth Kasier Ahmed was mowed down by a speeding CRPF vehicle, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti that is crushing protesters to death the new Standard Operation Procedure of her government.
In a tweet, the Working President of the National Conference asked, ” Is this your new SOP Mehbboba Mufti Sahiba?
Earlier they tied people to the fronts of jeeps & paraded them around villages to deter protestors now they just drive their jeeps right over protestors. Is this your new SOP @MehboobaMufti sahiba? Ceasefire means no guns so use jeeps? https://t.co/42W6vGAPVi
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) June 1, 2018
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Chairman of the Hurriyat (M), on Friday had said that repression of Kashmiris continues even in the holy month of Ramzan. He added that earlier in the day dozens of youth were taken into custody and later a youth was mowed down by a CRPF vehicle.Harassment of downtown youth continues in Ramadan ! dozens of boys taken into custody early morning and lodged in police stations! Later in the day a youth was mowed down by a forces vehicle who is battling for life in hospital! Repression of Kashmiri’s continues…! pic.twitter.com/MkubR4KcVg
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) June 1, 2018
The deceased youth is survived by two teenage sisters. The family was living with their aunt in Dalgate for the past four years after both his parents had died.One of the other injured youth identified as Mohammad Younis, as per doctors, has polytrauma. “When we received him at SKIMS hospital, he is intubated. We are monitoring his condition but he is very critical,” said an official from the hospital.
According to a report in Greater Kashmir, CRPF spokesman in Srinagar Sanjay Sharma said a group of over 500 protesters surrounded the CRPF vehicle that was ferrying a senior officer. The officer, according to Sharma, was supposed to check the deployment in the area.
The incident comes days after civilian Adil Ahmed Yadoo was mowed down by a police armoured vehicle on May 5, during protests in Safa Kadal, Srinagar.
The images of the boys being overrun by the CRPF vehicle went viral on social media, evoking sharp reactions with many mocking at the ‘truce plan’ offered by the police.
