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(Pi Bureau)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday condemned the lynching of senior police officer Mohammed Ayub Pandith by a mob outside the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of Srinagar on Friday. Paying tribute to the deceased officer, she termed the incident shameful.
Mufti said “Isse bada sharmnaak vakya koi ho nahin sakta.” (There cannot be any incident more shameful than this)
She further added, “If they (mob) behave like this, if they (police) run out of patience, then old days will come back when people will run upon seeing a police Gypsy”.
She even praised the police saying they were regularly attacked by militants and our people should understand that they have been deployed to our safety and security.
“But, for how long? she told reporters on the side lines of a wreath-laying ceremony of the slain officer here. “The day their patience wanes away, then, I believe, things will be difficult. I appeal the people that there is still time and we should understand. The police force is our own force, they are our children and such a treatment is shameful,” the Chief Minister said.
She said the officer had not gone to the mosque for personal work but was there to protect the lives of the people and fulfill his duty.
“A SHO along with five cops was killed some days back and now this DySP…I appeal to the people that this is a shameful incident, that those who protect you, show patience while dealing with you, but if you behave like this with them, then if they lose their patience, then God forbid, such a time will come when people have to flee after seeing a (police) gypsy on the road,” she said.
Condemning the incident, former chief minister Omar Abdullah announced a donation of Rs 10 lakh and a month’s salary as MLA to the police welfare fund to support families of such martyrs. “I am personally anguished and devastated by this tragedy. That this happened on the most auspicious night and outside Jamia Masjid is shocking,” he said.
“Such heinous elements are the enemies of Kashmiriyat and humanity and should be given the sternest possible sentence as per the law of the land,” he added
