Awami Itihaad Party Wednesday said that MLA Langate Er Rasheed was dragged, thrashed, abused and arrested by police at the outskirts of Kishtwar early this morning.In a statement to news agency CNS, spokesperson AIP said that A five member delegation of AIP led by Er Rasheed was on way to a four day visit to Chenab Valley to assess the situation arisen due to highhandedness of police and civil administration against Muslim community. As soon as Er Rasheed and his colleagues reached Chatroo Kishtwar, a heavy contingent of police stopped their vehicle and asked them to go back to Kashmir. The concerned SHO started using harsh and rude language against Er Rasheed and when Er Rasheed refused to go back, cops tainted their guns and used highly abusive language. Er Rasheed and his colleagues were dragged and forced back in their vehicle and halted for more than three hours inside the vehicle. Later they were again thrashed and bundled in another police vehicle and deported back to Kashmir valley via Sinthan Top. However, during the whole journey the concerned SHO who was driving the vehicle himself, continued to lose cool and called more than many times Er Rasheed a Pakistani proxy. The said police officer was so furious that he didn’t allow the detainees to go to toilet despite periodic requests. Out of hatred and frustration the said police officer drew the vehicle so harsh that it not only developed some technical fault but almost met with the accident at couple of places.
However, Er Rasheed has assured the Muslims of Jammu that Kashmiris despite being themselves the worst victims of state terrorism will leave no stone unturned to ensure that the Muslims in Jammu region are not left at the mercy of Hindu radical forces and RSS-BJP controlled administration. He said that it is a well known established fact that the government is scared of our peaceful activities in Jammu province and wants to hide the atrocities on Muslims in Jammu region.Er Rasheed asked Mehbooba Mufti to take the wakeup call of her conscience and not become a part of larger conspiracy against Jammu Muslims and added otherwise we will be forced to use all possible ways and measures to set her slavish mindset back to track. Er Rasheed further added that tomorrow AIP will hold a peaceful sit-in in front of state police chief’s office against the arrest of Muslim clerks, fake cases against youth and draconian measures to prevent Muslims of Jammu from raising peaceful voice in support of resolution of J&K dispute. (CNS)