ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP): A physically challenged youth in
Indian occupied Kashmir, who was beaten by Indian forces in
October, last year, succumbed to his injuries at Soura in
Srinagar.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the injured physically
challenged youth, Mushtaq Kundoo, whose poverty-stricken family
struggled to meet his medical expenses and their day-to-day
necessities, died on Sunday.
Ghulam Ahmad Kundoo, father of the victim, told mediamen in
Srinagar, “Since the uprising began, I have not gone to work. In
October, my son was beaten up by Indian forces. That made our
situation even more difficult. Now he died.”
Mushtaq Kundoo, a resident of Ganai Mohalla in Soura area of
Srinagar, has three family members his mother, father and brother.
His brother had a job that earned him Rs 3,000 per month,
and his father was a driver. Both of them had not gone to work for
months because they were busy taking care of Mushtaq.
Ghulam Ahmad Kundoo said that that his son, who could not
speak and had been diagnosed as 75-percent disabled, was bedridden
since October and the family had to take care of him day and
night.
“He could not move. We gave him medicines many times a day.
If anyone moved away from him, he screamed,” Kundoo said.
Injured Mushtaq was treated at three different hospitals. At
first he was taken to Soura Hospital in Srinagar, from where he
was shifted to Bone and Joint Hospital Srinagar, and from there to
JLNM Hospital in Srinagar.
“Doctors told us that he cannot be treated further,” Kundoo
said.
Meanwhile, four children received serious burn injuries in
Sopore when they were fiddling with an unexploded teargas shell
fired by Indian forces near Jamia Masjid.
Children in occupied Kashmir pick up the unexploded shells
on the street knowing not they are dangerous.