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Separatists calls for peaceful protests

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 8/5/2017 11:59:35 AM

SRINAGAR, Aug 4: Separatist leadership has called for a peaceful protests after afternoon prayers against killings by security forces and “onslaught of national investigating agency (NIA) and enforcement directorate (ED) on Kashmiris.”
The call has been given in a joint statement by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik. They alleged that those arrested by NIA are subjected to psychological torture.
The leaders alleged that centre and state government have deployed NIA sleuths and resistance leaders are being harassed and fictitious cases filed against them. “It is a well thought out plan and ploy to defame movement and harass leadership.”they said.
Separatist leaders criticicised chief minister Mehbooba Mufti for the purpose. They said the rulers will be recalled for their autocratic behavior.
“As part of their game Mehbooba Mufti is utilizing the services of NIA as a war weapon against leadership and thus gaging the genuine voices. Mehbooba Mufti has crossed all limits and there is no legal justification for such arbitrary measures,” said leadership and added that leadership and cadre is the main target for authorities.
They added that it is a pre-planned psychological crackdown, so that the leadership surrenders and stops voicing the sentiments of their nation, thereby covering and shielding their atrocities and barbarism against common and unarmed people.
The statement while commenting over extending judicial remand of Peer Saif Ullah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Raja Meraj u Din Kalwal, till August 14th and handing over Shahid ul Islam, Farooq Ahmad Dar and Ayaz Akbar to judicial custody till September 1, said that NIA is prolonging their detention on fabricated and fictitious charges.
Joint leadership said that Delhi through biased media and its agencies like NIA is enacting a drama to evolve wrong impressions about ongoing freedom movement in state.
Resistance leadership in their joint statement expressed their concern over the treatment meted out to Shabir Ahmad Shah in Delhi court and condemned the prolongation of Shah’s arrest
Commenting over the defamation move against resistance leadership through its biased media, the leadership said that it is a well thought out ploy to bring disgrace to movement and added that their prime target is to create confusion, misgiving and suspicion between people and leadership.