LUCKNOW: Keep thrashing Kashmiris like this on the streets at the hands of RSS, Bajrang Dal goons and then try to sell the idea of “atoot ang”, it simply wont fly, Former Chief minister Omar Abdullah said while condemning thrashing of two Kashmiri dry fruit vendors in Luckhnow yesterday.
Two dry fruit vendors from Kashmir were attacked and thrashed in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow by a group of men belonging to a fringe right-wing group yesterday, NDTV reported.
“Nothing will do more damage to the idea of India in J&K than videos like these. Keep thrashing Kashmiris like this on the streets at the hands of RSS/Bajrang Dal goons & then try to sell the idea of “atoot ang”, it simply wont fly,” Abdullah wrote on his twitter account.
In another tweet Abdullah said: “Dear PM @narendramodi Sahib, this is what you had spoken against & yet it continues unabated. This is the state governed by your handpicked Chief Minister. Can we expect action in this case or do we file your concern & assurances as a jumla, meant to placate but nothing more?”
One of the men who attacked the Kashmiri vendors had shared a video of the assault.
The incident took place at around 5 pm yesterday in Daliganj in central Lucknow. The men who assaulted the traders can be heard in mobile videos saying that are doing it because they are from Kashmir
A case of rioting and breach of peace has been registered and one person, Bajrang Sonkar, has been arrested, the police said.
