G. M Saroori demanded magisterial probe in Chatroo custodial death

Inderwal is peace loving constituency where people from all community are living peacefully

CHATROO, JULY 21: - Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), Vice President and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori today demanded Magisterial probe into the custodial death of Javed Ahmed Malik son of Mohammad Khalil Malik resident of Bahrat Doda who allegedly died in police custody due to negligence of some police officials.

While addressing the angry protestors held a strong protest against the allege custodial killing and block the road at Chatroo bus stand for hours together demanded action against the guilty persons involved behind the killing of the deceased Javed Malik, Saroori said as per the public allegations the deceased was accused in bovine smuggling case and was arrested by the police last night and while shifted to Primary Health Center Chatroo for routine medical checkup, the deceased escaped from police custody—and while escaping he falls; resulted into his death. The angry protestors later also shifted the dead body of the deceased and put it on the road demanding justice for the deceased by registering an FIR against the guilty police officials under murder charges.

Saroori term the death of Javed Malik as unacceptable and demanded action against SHO police station Chatroo and other involved in the crime. He warns mass scale protest in case the police and administration did not stop the authorities on poor people on the name of bovine Smuggling. He said that the guilty should be booked, beside the concern SHO should be removed without any delay. He said that the people of Inderwal constituency are peace loving where people from all community are living peacefully added that some nefarious design people want to disturb the peaceful environment in the area. He said that he had taken up the matter with the state and local Administration about the hooliganism of the some policemen’s in the killings of Javed Malik.

"Police should not harass poor Gujjars and Bakarwal whose livelihood is totally depends on domestic animals-- this must stop immediately" said Saroori. He also express his grief and sorrow over the brutal killing of Javed Ahmed Malik and prayed to Almighty Allah for peace to the departed soul and place for him in heaven beside courage to the family members to bear this irreparable loss. He assured the family members of the deceased that they will find him neck to neck in their demand for justice by way of punishing the guilty.

A meeting was also held in between of the protest which was chaired by Imam Jamia Masjid Kishtwar, Farooq Ahmed Kichloo in which Molvi Abdul Qayoom, Imam Chatroo, MLA Inderwal G. M Saroori, MLC Firdous Tak, SSP Kishtwar Chowdhary Abrar, ADDC Kishtwar Imam Din, ACR Kishtwar Inderjeet Singh besides relatives of Javed Malik attended the meeting where the administration assured action in this behalf beside the demand of action against guilty including shifting of SHO Chatroo was also agreed by the concern authorities, administration has also assured Magisterial probe into the matter through ADDC Kishtwar, Immam Din.

Imam Jamia Masjid Kishtwar who also reaches the spot termed the death of Javed Ahmed Malik as a cold blooded murder and seeks justice for the deceased. He said that the deceased has no link with the case and was brutally murder.