Hurriyat condemns Sena attack on its senior leader in Jammu

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Srinagar, June 24 (UNI) The moderate Hurriyat Conference, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has condemned in strongest terms the alleged attack on its senior leader by Shiv Sena activists in Jammu today.

Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) chairman and senior moderate Hurriyat leader Zaffar Abdul Fateh Bhat was allegedly assaulted by Shiv Sena activists at Jammu Press Club this afternoon, minutes before the former militant was to address a news conference.

''This is the worst kind of terrorism being perpetuated by Shiv Sena activists in Jammu,'' Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam, the secretary to Mirwaiz Farooq, said in a statement here.

He claimed that the state government has repeatedly failed to provide security to separatist leaders in Jammu where they have been attacked by Shiva Sena activists on several occasions in the past.

''The state government shields and protects Shiv Sena activists.

It also gives a free hand to them to carry out attacks on Hurriyat and other separatist leaders,'' Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam added.

He said the Jammu and Kashmir government claims at every forum, including in the state Legislature, that adequate security has been provided to separatist leaders.

''Is this the adequate security? Every time a separatist leader visits Jammu, he is attacked by Shiv Sena activists and no action has ever been taken against them,'' the Hurriyat leader said.

In contrast, he said a leader from Jammu carried out his or her activity, including addressing a news conference, without any fear in the Kashmir valley.

''In Kashmir, the state government does not even permit peaceful protests but in Jammu, activists of the Shiv Sena and other hard-line organisations are given a free hand to attack any leader.

They have carried out attacks on separatist leaders on several occasions, but nobody had ever been arrested,'' Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam added.

He termed ''very unfortunate'' the state government's silence over these incidents.

At least 40 Shiv Sena activists barged into the Jammu Press Club where Mr Bhat was to address a news conference and assaulted him and his associates.

The Shiv Sainiks allegedly kept on beating the Hurriyat leader and his supporters for more than half an hour in front of media.

This was yet another attack by Shiv Sena activists on the separatist leaders from Kashmir in Jammu.

Breakaway Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, assassinated Hurriyat leader Abdul Ghani Lone, JKLF chairman Yasin Malik and more recently Democratic Liberation Party chief Hashim Qureshi have all been assaulted by Shiv Sena activists in Jammu.

The Mirwaiz too has been attacked in Kathua district of Jammu region last year while Mr Geelani has bore the brunt thrice.

UNI

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