Omar contacted my uncle to save Tufails killers, his dad says On the eve of fourth death anniversary of Old City teenager, Tufail Ashraf Matto, his father on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of ‘shielding killers’ of his son and claimed he was approached by government to withdraw the case couple of years ago. Muhammad Ashraf Matto said: “Chief Minister, his ministers and police knew who killed Tufail but they are shielding them. From the day one, they tried to cover up the case and they are shielding some police officers.” Seventeen-year-old Tufail, who hailed from Saede Kadal locality, was killed after a teargas shell, which was allegedly fired by police, hit his head on June 11, 2010 at Gani Memorial Stadium in Razay Kadal. His followed deadly mass uprising in Kashmir for four months in which over 128 people mostly teenagers were killed in government forces action. Tufails father, while questioning state government, said: “What was Tufails crime. He had gone to seek knowledge and was that his crime?” Ashraf, who is a businessman, claimed that he was approached by state government via his uncle to withdraw the case. “My Uncle was contacted by chief minister. He was taken to his office and was asked to convey to me to withdraw the case and be silent,” he claimed. “They asked him to convey me to remain silent. They told him that nothing would happen and whatever he (I) need including money would be provided but one thing is he (I) would not get anything in return. So withdraw the case,” the slain teenager’s father said. “In return,” he said, “I told my uncle that I can’t do it. You know what they have done to me. I rejected the offer right away. Then they did not contact me afterwards.” Ashraf said he wants justice and he would continue his fight for it. “The moment I received my martyred son’s body I took oath that I will never stop,” he said. Blaming Omar for the killings in 2010, he said: “The government watched like mute spectators and sponsored killings. They closed their eyes, their ears and their tongues. But once they got humiliating defeat in elections, they started to crumble. It proves this government and CM has nothing to do with humanity. Now that his rival gave him humiliated defeat, he started to dance and admitted that the hanging of martyr Afzal Guru was wrong, the killings of June 2010.” “He is once again trying to fool people and is playing politics over innocent killings,” Ashraf said. “Omar is raising voice that I will do this and that but what happened to the enquiry commissions? Omar Qayoom’s father and his sister recently went to meet him but what happened there is disgraceful on CM’s part. He is not a human,” he remarked. “Which place they left. They spilled blood of innocents in grounds, on roads and everywhere,” the father of slain teenager alleged.
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:17:06 +0000