Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday strongly condemned the continuous arrest of Dukhtaran-e-Milat chief Asiya Andrabi and her two aides—Fehmeeda Sofi and Nahida Nasreen at New Delhi’s Tihar Jail in a “frivolous case by the NIA” against them.
“The DeM chief is already suffering from multiple ailments and has been now kept in a solitary confinement, which is nothing but a sheer political vendetta,” a spokesman of the amalgam said in a statement issued here.
The Hurriyat Conference said that as per the family members of the trio, they are being denied basic medical aid and their health has deteriorated, leaving their families in a worry. “Stale food is provided to them and served in polythene packets in times of scorching heat.”
The amalgam said that instead of producing the trio before court, their judicial remand was extended which was against the principles of justice and that they were framed under fictitious cases, just to prolong their detention.
It said before DeM chief, dozens of Hurriyat leaders were booked under “frivolous” cases by the NIA and ED who continues to remain lodged in the infamous Tihar jail of New Delhi where they have been lodged along with the dreaded criminals that poses a big risk to their lives.
Those languishing in Tihar jail include Shabir Ahmed Shah, Altaf Ahmed Fantosh, Advocate Shahidul Islam, Ayaz Akbar, Peer Saifullah, Mehrajudin Kalwal, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Farooq Ahmed Dar, Shahid Yousuf, and businessman Zahoor Watali are deprived of all the basic facilities guaranteed by the jail manual and that their condition is getting worsened with every passing day.
The Hurriyat Conference said that similar treatment was being meted out to all the Kashmiri prisoners lodged in other jails that include Kahtua, Udhampur, Kotbalwal, where they are left to beg for just medicine let alone proper food and other items.
The Hurriyat Conference made a fervent appeal to the world community include Amnesty International, Asia Watch, and ICRC to conduct a thorough visit to all Indian jails and also jails of J&K to get the firsthand account of the condition of Kashmiri prisoners and build pressure on Government of India to release all the political prisoners without any pre-condition.
