Srinagar: In Indian Administered Kashmir , justice continues to elude the victim families of gory Sopore massacre for the past 30 years whose relatives were killed by Indian Forces on January 6, 1993.
The Indian forces had martyred over 60 people and set on fire more than 400 shops and 75 residential houses in five localities. The victim families are still awaiting justice while the perpetrators of this heinous crime are roaming freely.
People who witnessed the gruesome massacre told media that marauding troops dragged a bus driver out from the vehicle and pumped bullets into the bodies of passengers killing 20 of them on the spot.
The massacre is seen as one of the worst carried out by Indian forces in Kashmir’s history. It is glaring example of a planned genocide by Indian occupational forces. The ‘Time Magazine’ had titled the massacre as “Blood Tide Rising”.
Human rights organizations like Amnesty International had condemned the killings and demanded justice for the victims. UK’s ‘Independent’ had covered the mass murder from its New Delhi desk a few days after its occurrence.
It reported that senior officials in India had “admitted that members of the paramilitary had gone on a ‘shameful’ rampage of killing in the mountainous state of Kashmir on 6th Jan 1993. International Forum for Justice Human Rights (IFJHRJK) Chairman Muhammad Ahsan Untoo had filed cases in high court of Jammu Kashmir, Srinagar but there has been no action.
He said that victims of the Sopore massacre are still waiting for justice which is being denied by the fragile legal system supported by an aggressive and fascist Indian government. Chairman appealed to head of UNHRC and other organizations like Amnesty International and Asian watch to take effective steps for punishment for its crimes in Indian Administered Kashmir to restore people’s faith in human rights and global justice system.
After every martyrdom, Kashmiris’ resolve to get freedom from India gets even stronger and the martyrs’ blood would not go waste. Kashmiris are determined to accomplish the mission of their martyrs at all costs.
Indian troops have committed 30 massacres, killing over 600 people in Indian Administered Kashmir and through these massacres, New Delhi in fact plans to quell impending mass uprising in Indian Administered Kashmir. The world community must come forward to stop genocide of Kashmiris in the occupied territory.
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