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Kashmiri inmates attacked in Tihar jail: Shah’s family
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Monday, 24 March 2014
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Srinagar: Family of Rafiq Ahmad Shah,
a youth detained in Tihar Jail since 2005, has accused that the other jail
inmates (mostly criminals) have attacked him and injured the detainee
seriously.
According to the reports received by KNS, the family of
youth namely Rafiq Ahmad Shah has accused that he, besides other inmates, has
been attacked inside Tihar jail and that no serious effort from the authorities
to prevent such incidents has been taken so far.
The family of Shah stated further that the likewise
attacks have been carried on the detained Kashmiri youth in the past as well
and that the government acts as a mute spectator over the issue.
Meanwhile, Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali
Geelani while condemning the attack on Kashmiri detainees in Tihar jail
stated that such acts shall not be tolerated at any cost. “Criminals
inside Tihar jail have been given a freehand to unleash terror on Kashmiri
youth and International Red Cross and international human rights organizations
must look into the matter,” Geelani told KNS over phone from Delhi. (KNS)
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