Srinagar: Over 50 innocent Kashmiris were killed in Bijbehara on October 22, 1993, when Indian BSF troops opened fire on peaceful demonstrators who were protesting against military siege of Srinagar’s Hazratbal Shrine.
Human Rights Watch report had indicted BSF for killings and Human Rights Commission of India held 13 officers guilty in 1994 but all were acquitted by court in 1996. Killers of Kashmiris had always been rewarded with promotions and monetary benefits.
The jurisprudence of justice and human rights has been trampled by India under the boots of their killer forces and international community should hold India accountable for all these crimes and massacres.
Kashmiri leaders in a statement said that the people of Kashmir were being forced to surrender their historical cultural identity and an alien fascist Hindutva culture was being thrust upon them and wedge being created between Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits and harassment was spread to start communal riots.
They said that people will continue their freedom struggle in line with the UN Charter and relevant Kashmir resolutions without any doubt in the righteousness and victory of their genuine cause. He condemned each and every step of oppression and prosecution policy against the Kashmiris and urged the UN to take necessary action with regard to the worsening Kashmir situation
They reiterated call for an impartial inquiry into the Bejbhara tragedy and all other incidents of massacre of Kashmiris and said that the Indian troops were involved in serious human rights violations and war crimes in Kashmir. Until the perpetrators are brought to justice, innocent human lives will continue to be lost in the region and uncertainty will continue to grow, he maintained.
They said that history in Kashmir is witness to fact that those who are involved in war crimes never held accountable for their henious acts which could be judged from acquittal of Indian forces’ personal involved in Bijbehara massacre. Web Desk
