Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on Saturday strongly condemned the ongoing spree of arrests and booking political activists under black law PSA. Terming the spree of arrests, nocturnal raids, hooliganism by Indian forces and other oppressive measures as clear sign of frustration and undemocratic attitude of ‘so-called’ PDP led coalition; JKLF in a statement issued to KNS said that police arrested JKLF vice president for district Kulgam Assadullah Sheikh at Rambhan when he was traveling along with his fruit vehicle towards Jammu. “He was brought to police station Devsar and immediately booked under PSA and shifted to Kuthwa jail,” they said.The spokesman said that truck laden with fruit harvest has also been detained and kept at same police station endangering damage to the harvest. “Kulgam Police has also condemnably arrested and detained the organizer of a religious organization Moulana Arshid Qadri also,” he said.
While strongly condemning the spree of arrests, JKLF said that ailing chairman of JKLF, Muhammad Yasin Malik is languishing in jail from 8th July 2016 and he after his arrest has been kept in solitary confinement.Similarly, JKLF zonal president, Noor Muhammad Kalwal and JKLF activists Fayaz Ahmad Mir from Ganderbal and Shabir Ahmad Ganaie of Kakapora Pulwama, Mushtaq Ahmad Mir of Kupwara, and Assadullah Sheikh after being booked under PSA have been shifted to Jammu, JKLF vice chairman advocate Bashir Ahmad Butt along with zonal vice president Muhammad Yasin Butt and senior member Muhammad Amin Magloo remain lodged at Rajbagh police station, JKLF vice chairman Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi is languishing in police station Humhama, JKLF district president Ganderbal Bashir Ahmad Rather (Boya) is detained at Ganderbal police station while as JKLF zonal organizer Bashir Ahmad Kashmiri is detained at Police station Kothibagh.
JKLF said that thousands of young and old people, students and innocent boys and children have been arrested so far and many have been shifted to different outside jails under PSA as ‘so-called’ rulers continue their efforts to impose peace and silence of a graveyard in Kashmir.
While condemning the continuous curfew and oppression in Kishtwar and other areas of Pirpanjal and Chenab valleys, JKLF also condemned the continuous arrest and house arrest of APHC leaders including APHC (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, APHC (M) chairman Mirwaiz Muhammad Umer Farooq, Hurriyat leaders Shabir Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, Muhammad Altaf shah, Ghulam Nabi Zaki, Ayaz Akbar, Doctor G M Hubbi and Advocate Muhammad Shafi Reshi etc.
While condemning the onslaught of ‘so-called’ rulers and their authorities on voluntary Relief organizations who have been providing relief and rescue to common people at hospital during last three months, JKLF said that snatching their ambulances, stopping their voluntary work, and ordering them to halt their humanitarian activities is highly condemnable.JKLF said that people of Jammu Kashmir have witnessed worst kind of oppressions in past but Mehbooba led regime has surpassed every tyrant and along with political leaders and activists this regime has not even spared human rights activists and voluntary relief organizations. (KNS)