Former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said that she was not allowed to visit the family of Abdul Rashid in Kunan Poshpora whose dead body was found on Wednesday morning.
Abdul Rashid Dar, a resident of Kunan Poshpora in Kupwara who was arrested on December 15 and went missing from custody, a day later, was found dead on Wednesday in the forest area in north Kashmir.
Police had said that Rashid had fled from the custody of the Indian army, a claim denied by the family.
Extremely disturbed to see pictures of the mutilated body of Abdul Rashid from Kunan Poshpora. Wasn’t allowed to visit the family under the pretext of security, Mehbooba Mufti said.
She said, “What transpired after the Army picked him up for questioning months ago is anybody’s guess.”
The PDP president said that In absence of any accountability such incidents have been normalised after 2019. Probes and inquiries fail to nail culprits & deliver justice.
A genuine probe needs to be ordered. Until then the least LG administration & Army can do is to take steps by providing a government job & financial assistance to the victim’s family who have lost their sole breadwinner, she said.