J&K advocate Babar Qadri shot dead by suspected militants in Srinagar

[Rajdeep]

Advocate Babar Qadri was shot dead by suspected militants in Srinagar’s Hawal area on Thursday, news agency PTI reported.

Unidentified gunmen fired upon Qadri at his Hawal residence around 6.25 pm from close range before fleeing the spot, a police official said. Qadri was rushed to the SKIMS hospital, where doctors declared him ‘dead on arrival’, the official added.

Qadri, who was in his early 40s, appeared frequently as a panellist on TV debates.

The J&K Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former chief minister Omar Abdullah have condemned the attack. “The sense of tragedy is all the more because he warned of the threat. Sadly his warning was his last tweet,” Abdullah said.

https://indianexpress.com/article/i...d-by-suspected-militants-in-srinagar-6609331/

 

[Madplayer]

Mods if you would be kind enough to embed this tweet:

https://twitter.com/BabarTruth/status/1012969687494189058?s=19

 

[El Generico]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I doubt Indian government is planning my assassination, may be through kashmiri .It is strange even after the death threat government silent</p>— Babar Qadri Truth (@BabarTruth) <a href="https://twitter.com/BabarTruth/status/1012969687494189058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[El Generico]

People doubt a lot of things in life, doesn’t mean they have to be true.

I mean you jumped to the conclusion that he was killed by “freedom fighters “ quite quickly. But seem to be way more cautious when talking about the people that the victim actually pointed towards.

Anyways I doubt the police would dare investigate the government connection despite the victim’s words and would just pin this on Pakistan or Kashmiris.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

The playbook of violence continues to add more and more content into it.

Step 1: Assassinate a pro-freedom voice
Step 1.5: Pakistan's fault
Step 2: blame the "militants" for it
Step 2.5: Definitely trained by Pakistani ISI
Step 3: Brutally murder a few teenagers as "suspected militants"
Step 3.5: Found Pakistani Naswar on the teenagers. Definitely were being trained by Pakistan
Step 4: Publish an inquiry report about soldiers using excessive force
Step 4.5: Pakistan agents maybe in our army to give our army bad name
Step 5: Unequivocal pardons for soldiers involved without even mentioning who these "rogue soldiers" are
Step 5.5: Yup, still Pakistan
Step 6: Rinse repeat
Step 6.5: Bajwa doctrine, ISI, etc. etc.

 

[MenInG]

A prominent lawyer-activist was fatally shot by assailants in the main city in Indian-administered Kashmir, police and the victim’s relatives said on Friday.

Babar Qadri was shot on Thursday evening at his home in Srinagar by unidentified gunmen, police said.

Qadri’s relatives said two men came to his home and posed as his clients. As Qadri came out, they fired at him and fled, they said.

Qadri was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead. Police said they were investigating.

Qadri, in his late 30s, was an outspoken debater on India’s television news channels where he would seek to defend Kashmir’s right to self-determination.

In one of the recent debates, he shouted “Down with India!” in a response to the chant “Down with Pakistan!” by the news channel’s anchor.

In recent days, Qadri was locked in a bitter feud with some lawyers about the work of the bar association.

Kashmir is no stranger to targeted killings since 1989, when an armed rebellion erupted against the Indian rule in the disputed region. Hundreds have been killed in such ways and human rights groups have blamed both rebels and Indian troops for covert killings.

Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan and both claim the region in its entirety.

Most Muslim Kashmiris support the rebel goal that the territory be united either under Pakistani rule or as an independent country.

New Delhi blames Islamabad for backing rebels – a charge Pakistan denies. Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Kashmir – a Muslim-majority region of 12 million people.

Tens of thousands of civilians, rebels and government forces have been killed in the conflict.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/25/assailants-shoot-and-kill-prominent-kashmir-lawyer