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ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front
Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik has said continued harassment of Kashmiri
students and businessmen in various Indian states seems to be a ploy of
political dispensation at New Delhi to restrict movement of Kashmiri
people.
Muhammad Yasin Malik said this in an interview before his arrest
during a JKLF protest rally in Srinagar. The JKLF Chief was lodged at Kothi
Bagh police station in Srinagar.
Muhammad Yasin Malik said, “There seems to be a bigger strategy of
New Delhi to prevent Kashmiri youth and businessmen from visiting various
states of India, Kashmir Media Service reported.
Let New Delhi clarify whether it has closed its doors for
Kashmiri residents who want to study or do business in any Indian
state.”
The JKLF Chairman said that parents and relatives of scores of
students and businessmen, especially Pashmina shawl vendors, approached
him.
“They were worried about their dear ones doing business or studying in
various parts of India.
If New Delhi has decided to torture Kashmiris mentally and
physically, it should declare it officially,” he said.
“The atmosphere in various Indian states is completely against
Kashmiris and every Kashmiri is made a scapegoat and forced to raise slogans
like Bharat Mata ki Jai,” he said.
Quoting incidents of thrashing of Kashmiri students in Indian states,
Yasin Malik said, the criminal silence adopted by various international
human rights and peace activists is highly condemnable.
“We urge the international community to wake up and act fast before
more Kashmiris are subjected to mental and physical torture,” he
said.
About National Institute of Technology Srinagar crisis, the JKLF
Chief said the behavior of Delhi-based television channels was highly
irresponsible as they added fuel to the fire.
“The fact is that entire NIT incident was a stage-managed drama by
some politicians and news channels,” he said.
He said the Kashmiris are known for their hospitality and maintaining
the age-old communal harmony.
“Even when Kashmir’s streets were red with blood of teenagers in 2008,
2009 and 2010, we protected Amarnath pilgrims, tourists and non-locals,” he
said.
“Some Indian politicians in connivance with some television news
channels tried to give NIT a political colour,” he maintained.