Srinagar
After waiting 24 years for her husband, Dilshada Sheikh, the member of Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) since 2010, passed away on Saturday morning.
Dilshada Sheikh who lived in Zakura area of Srinagar, was the half-widow of Bashir Ahmad Sheikh who was a casual laborer, was picked by Border Security Force (BSF) in Lal Chowk on the 16th of June, 1992, said APDP spokesman in a statement.
The APDP spokesman said that Dilshada was an active member with APDP since 2010, who would regularly participate in the monthly sit-ins at Partap Park. Her dedication to the cause of enforced disappearances remained undeterred till her last breath.
“Even though her search for her disappeared husband remains unfulfilled, we the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), pledge to carry on with her unresolved search for her husband on her behalf and take it forward to its fruitful end,” the spokesman said.
The spokesman said that “the struggle against the enforced disappearances in Kashmir has been led by APDP since 1994. Since then, APDP has lost the family members of some of the victims of enforced disappearances due to death, who fought for their loved ones and kept their struggle alive until their last breath with dignity. We have lost Moghal Maas, mother of Nazir Ahmad Teli who was a single mother and kept her search alive for her son till her last breath; Misra Begum, mother of Shabir Ahmad Ghasi; AbdurRazaq Dar, father of Mehrajuddin Dar, and many others.”
Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons is a socio movement against Enforced Disappearances in Kashmir since 1989. APDP is dedicated to provide for as well as fight on behalf of the families of the victims of Enforced Disappearances in Kashmir, said a statement.
