Punjab 08: To express sympathy and solidarity with the bereaved family of the Handwara Girl, All Jammu and Kashmir Students Union (AJKSU) Sunday evening organized candle light protests against the “Continuous detention of Handwara Girl†in different colleges of Punjab.
Apart from dozens of Kashmiri students the students from other states too participated in the vigil, AJKSU expressed deep shock over the spate of Continuous detention of the girl by Jammu & Kashmir police.
The protesting students said that after the government indulged in “shameful character assassination†of the minor girl, where a video of doubtful authenticity was circulated all over the internet by the J&K Police, in order to prove that the accusations of molestation are false. “The minor girl and her father have been detained. All of this is deeply troubling.â€
Commenting over the continuous detention of innocent girl, President AJKSU Syed Tajamul Imran said the need of the hour is to free the girl and remove all the cases in which she has been involved by the police and other agencies and stern action against the culprits should be taken involved in crime.
“Her access to her family and legal team has not only been prevented but also controlled by the state authorities. The continued detention of the minor girl and her family members violates their civil liberty and basic rights too. The continued police detention also means a threat to her physical and psychological well being,†Tajamul Imran Added.
Since 12th April, the minor girl has been in illegal police custody after she complained of molestation by some armed forces personnel “The Girl was forced to give a false testimony exonerating her molesters, the testimony was circulated over YouTube, revealing her identity to the entire world. Her mother was not allowed to speak to the Press about the issue. She continues to be in illegal detention, without any access to rights groups or child support organization.†Said Mudasir Shafi a senior member of AJKSU
Besides dozens of students from nook and corner of the jammu and Kashmir and other states, senior members of AJKSU Junaid bhatt, Gulzar hussain, Shahid jeelani, Aijaz Qurashi, Mir Suhail, Mohammad asif, Raqib ahmad, Usama, Sajad ahmad, Dar Imran, Syed Oman, Salman Farooqi, Aamir Aziz, Shahid Wani, Irfan, Ravi, Sooraj Kumar, Aditya rai and others also participated in the vigils.
