June 23
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News Desk
Families of Militants may soon loose the rights to the last rites of their kith and kin as the Government of India has been urged not to return the bodies of militants killed in encounters with Government Forces.
In a report published in The Indian Express, it was stated that the Jammu Kashmir Police and the Indian Army is of the opinion that handing over the dead bodies of slain Militants to their families flares up emotions of public in the area and leads to an atmosphere that is conducive for more youths picking up the gun, as stated in a recent study.
The study conducted by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) published earlier this year had stated that the funerals of slain militants act as fertile ground for militants and they use the event to mobilise opinion in their favour and asking youths to join the group.
Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the Government of India might leave the final decision to the Jammu Kashmir Police who are in charge of taking and later handing over the dead bodies of slain Militants to their families. It is also on cards that Militants killed in encounters will be buried at the place nearest to the encounter site.
Post the encounter of Burhan Wani on 08 July, 2016 Militant funerals have drawn large crowds and seen stereotypes been broken as Women from outside the traditional activist circles throng the funerals in huge numbers to express their anger. The funerals as stated by many journalists has became a platform for expressing dissent in an otherwise, less available space.
Figures Available to The Kashmiriyat reveal that at least 65 militants have been killed since April 01 when 13 Militants were killed in a single day marking the highest number in the recent past and 65 youth. The Number includes foreign nationals and unidentified Militants as well. Reports available to The Kashmiriyat suggest that at least 60 youth from South Kashmir have joined Militancy since then.
The Kashmir region claimed both by India and Pakistan in its entirety has seen an escalation in killings since 1988 when an Armed Movement began challenging the Indian rule on Kashmir. Both the Nations have fought three wars over the region.
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