ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet
Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, and the Chairman of Hurriyet forum,
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, have paid tributes to martyred
youth, Muzaffar Ahmed Naikoo in Indian held Kashmir.
Muzaffar Ahmed Naikoo was killed by Indian troops during a
siege and search operation in Machwa area of Badgam district, on
Thursday night, reported KMS.
Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said that
the Kashmiri youth were arrested, tortured and then shot dead, but
later Indian forces presented it as an encounter.
He said that the occupational forces were notoriously known
as masters of fake encounters and whenever they arrest a freedom-
fighter, they eliminate him through such executions. He said that
local population of Machwa rejected the forces’ claim of encounter
and said that at about 11.25 pm they heard a few gun shots after
which they found the dead body of Muzaffar Ahmed.
APHC Chairman said that the Kashmiri youth were writing a
history by their blood, which put a huge responsibility on the
people to safeguard these sacrifices and never to compromise with
the mission of the martyrs. “We in no way can forget the sacred
blood of our loved ones and we will protect and honour each drop
of the blood of our martyrs, as it is a moral binding on us to do
so, to get rid of the forcible Indian occupation,” he added.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a statement in Srinagar while paying
homage to Muzaffar Ahmed Naikoo said that the Kashmiri youth were
sacrificing their lives for a sacred cause of setting their people
free from the clutches of oppression and suppression.
He also remembered the victims of Sopore massacre of 6th
January, 1993, and said that on the fateful day Indian troops had
set the north Kashmir’s township ablaze, killing over 60 innocent
civilians and gutting 350 structures including shops and
residential houses.