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Rashid detained during march against Chadoora civilian killings

SYED YASIR. Dated: 3/30/2017 10:16:06 AM

SRINAGAR, Mar 29: MLA Langate Engineer Rashid was today detained along with dozens of his supporters at his party office cum residence here after he tried to march towards the residence of Chief Minister against the killings of three civilians in Chadoora yesterday.
Scores of supporters of MLA Langate gathered at his residence cum office and tried to march towards the residence of Chief Minister. The large contingent of police deployed there did not allow the protesters to proceed towards the residence of Chief Minister.
After travelling some distance, heavy contingent of police stopped the protestors. Police foiled their attempt and detained MLA Langate along with his supporters and lodged them in police station Rajbagh.
The supporters of Rashid were carrying banners and placards in their hands. Slogans of stopping civilian killings were also written on these placards.
They detained Engineer Rashid along with his dozens of supporters. He was taken to police station Rajbagh.
They were raising slogans against the civilian killings and against the state government of its alleged failure in protecting lives of civilians.
Talking to media persons before being arrested Rashid accused New Delhi of giving a free hand to security forces to kill Kashmiris and treating every Kashmiri as its enemy.
He said sense of accountability was a distant dream within security forces and civil administration had become a rubber stamp for security forces. “Fed up with the destiny of so called enquiry commissions now nobody even seeks a probe and even condoling deaths has turned irrelevant. The claims of security forces being disciplined forces have become a joke and both police and army have lost the moral battle to those whom they call outlaws, he said.
Rashid said that sooner or later international community would see the brutal face of New Delhi against non-violent Kashmiris.