Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Geelani, Friday while demanding impartial investigation into gruesome massacres by international agencies, said that the spirits of people of Kupwara are commendable as during all this period they faced worst situations at the hands of preparators. Thanking people of Kupwara for observing shutdown against Kupwara massacre, Geelani said that it is heart wrenching to see the swelling number of widows and orphans in Kupwara district.Syed Ali Geelani said that we are duty bound to safe guard all these sacrifices & while ridiculing vested section ,Geelani expressed his dismay and anguish that a few self-interested and unscrupulous persons are hell-bent to portray adverse impression about freedom movement, as if people are tired and not interested with ongoing movement .
Referring to shut down on the event of Kupwara massacre, Syed Ali Geelani said that pro-Indian stooges stand exposed and people revived their commitment with martyrs & freedom movement and pledged that they won`t backtrack ongoing freedom struggle. Meanwhile Tehreek-e-Hurriyat has organized a special prayer function at Jamia Kupwara to remember the Kupwara martyrs and Bashir Ahmad Qureshi while offering his tributes to martyrs, expressed his sympathy and solidarity with families of martyrs. People from all sections and Syed Zahoor -ul-Haq Geelani, acting district president, youth and activists participated in said function. Later, local youth and people in a procession and amidst pro-freedom slogans demanded impartial probe into Kupwara massacre. Procession was peaceful but police arrested Bashir Ahmad Qureshi and took him to unknown place. Huriyat condemned police action and demanded immediate release of Bashir Ahmad Qureshi.(CNS)