Jammu, Jan 24: Rejecting Army’s closure of the Pathribal fake encounter case as “miscarriage of justice”, the Peoples Democratic Party Friday said such developments make restoration of credibility in institutions among the people of Jammu and Kashmir more difficult. In a statement issued here, the party patron, Mufti Muhamamd Sayeed, said the army’s decision is a huge setback to the efforts at reconciliation and delivery of justice which is prerequisite for building trust. He said while there have been many instances in which standards of justice applied to incidents taking place in J&K have been found short of the universal standards applied in rest of the country, Pathribal atrocity stood out even among them for its cruelty and context. This, he said, could have been a test case “for our institutions to rise above other considerations and uphold the supreme principles of justice to open a new chapter of reconciliation in Kashmir.” But, he added, it has clearly been wasted. Recalling the incident, Mufti said not only were five innocent persons killed in cold-blood and dubbed as militants to cover-up another atrocity at Chattisinghpora, but even innocent people demanding justice were shot down by an insensitive government at Brakpora.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:07:06 +0000
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