STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Alleging kidnapping of a Kashmiri Pandit (KP) girl by a Muslim youth, parents along with activists of All Parties Migrants Coordination Committee (APMCC) on Sunday staged a demonstration against Jammu and Kashmir police outside Jammu Press Club and later blocked the Tawi Bridge here. Large number of people belonging to various shades of life also joined the protest.
The parents of the kidnapped girl said that police was not doing enough to recover their missing daughter and demanded immediate measures to trace her.
The protest was led by senior journalist and national spokesperson APMCC King Bharati and Advocate Arun Kandroo general secretary APMCC. They alleged that police has adopted a lethargic approach in tracing out the kidnapped girl.
Parents of the girl Opinder Koul and Girja Koul carrying placards ‘Bring our daughter back’ raised slogans seeking help to recover their daughter who had called them on November 15 asking them to save her from one Sahil (Rusman Bhat) of Paloura.
They alleged that they were being misled by the parents of the boy on the pretext that she has solemnised marriage with their son. They alleged that either she has been killed or kept under threat.
King Bharati while lashing out at the administration said that it was strange that a young girl was missing for the last so many days and police was still in dark adding that they believe it was being done with some ulterior motive to force the girl to convert or marry under pressure.
Demanding immediate recovery of the girl, Bharati said that any delay in the recovery of the girl shall lead into yet another case of Love Jihad.
He served an ultimatum of 24 hours to Jammu police to recover the girl adding that Kashmiri Pandit community as well as entire Hindu community was raging with anger and warned that any further delay will have serious consequences.
Later, a heavy contingent of police force used mild lathicharge to lift the blockade from Tawi bridge road with demonstrators asking SSP to come to talk to them.
However SP City SK Chouhan arrived on spot and assured of prompt action taking a delegation with him to Police Control Room where concerned SDPO and SHO were also summoned. The police officers after listening to their grievances assured action and sought time upto this evening to recover the girl. Advocate Arun Kandroo said that APMCC will take the agitation to national level if immediate measures for the recovery of the girl are not taken.
Sanajy Koul, Chairman, All Displaced Youth Forum said that it was a serious matter for the community and youth will go for direct action if the police fails to bring the girl back to her parents.
Som Nath Saraf, G.L Bhat, Rajinder Koul, T.K Zutshi and Vimarsh Koul, Shalini, Archana, etc also echoed similar views saying protests will spill over the entire Jammu region if Kashmiri Pandit community was not given justice.
