KL News Network
Srinagar
Paying tributes to victims of “Kupwara massacre” on their 23rd anniversary, Hurriyat (G) chairperson, Syed Ali Geelani Thursday said that the nation will never forget the “martyrs of these heart-wrenching massacres”.
“They are our hero’s and we are committed to fulfill their mission,” Geelani said.
He demanded impartial investigation into these “massacres” so that the involved persons are held strictly accountable and said that armed forces are involved in serious war crimes and unless those accused are brought to book these “gruesome” events will continue to occur.
The octogenarian said that the peaceful citizens in Kupwara were innocent and the example of such “brutal massacres” is hard to find. “They didn’t attend the republic day of the occupier and observed shutdown against brutal forces and their highhandedness and for this they had to pay in terms of their lives.”
“This was the reason and Indian forces in a bid to teach them lesson resorted to indiscriminate firing killing dozens of innocents,” he said, “Killers are roaming free and those involved were not prosecuted nor the incident was investigated by any independent agency. They are roaming free and assassins were accorded with medals and elevated to higher posts,” said Geelani.
Expressing solidarity and sympathy with the families of victims, Geelani said that the blood of victims will not be allowed go waste. “We stand with these families and will strive till the mission of martyrs is accomplished.”
Acknowledging the commitment of people of Kupwara, Geelani said, “We pay salute to them as they are front runners for on-going movement. We appreciate their sacrifices and commitment and we know that the district is strictly under continuous vigil of countless armed men but despite all this their exemplary valour is praiseworthy and laudable.”
