Shutdown in Indian-occupied Kashmir over teacher's 'cold-blooded murder' in custody

[Madplayer]

A school teacher, who was arrested in connection with a militancy case, has died in a police custody here, prompting the department to request for a magisterial inquiry, officials said on Tuesday.
Rizwan Pandit, 28, a resident of Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, died during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, a police officer said.

Pandit, who was a teacher at a private school, was picked up by the security agencies three days ago in connection with a militancy case, the officer said.
The police department has requested a magisterial inquiry under Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to ascertain the cause and circumstances leading to Pandit's death, the officer said, adding that further details were awaited.

https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news...in-militancy-case-dies-in-custody/316785.html

 

[troodon]

Pandits still getting killed. This time by Police.

 

[Madplayer]

Pandits still getting killed. This time by Police.

It was always by police and army. But lets not even go there and derail yet another thread.

 

[troodon]

It was always by police and army. But lets not even go there and derail yet another thread.

Army and police kicked out Kashmiri Pandits? Thanks for the info.

 

[Madplayer]

Army and police kicked out Kashmiri Pandits? Thanks for the info.

Yes.
My pleasure.

Now lets not derail the thread.

 

[Wasim_Waqar]

Rip. Ps he wasn’t a Kashmiri Pandit like Ashoke Pandit.

 

[m.shah]

This guy is from Awantipora Pulwama. He was affiliated with jamat e islami as was his family. Due to the recent crackdown on jamat, hurriyat and other religious organisations by so called NIA he was picked and tortured in the cargo camp and murdered by the forces. His only sin was that he was a Jamat e islami follower. Unfortunately you can get killed here and they will put a tag on you and no one will pe punished.

 

[Rishikesh]

Pandits still getting killed. This time by Police.

Two Kashmiris including a lady policewoman were shot dead by gunmen in this week but nobody from Kashmir here seems bothered

 

[Adijazz1706]

Please amend the title, it should read killed instead if dies

 

[Madplayer]

Please amend the title, it should read killed instead if dies

I agree whole heartedly. But the headline used is from the source mentioned. Unfortunately it would not be right to change it.

 

[MenInG]

https://www.dawn.com/news/1470805/s...-over-teachers-cold-blooded-murder-in-custody

Schools and businesses shut across Indian-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday as protests grew over the death in police custody of a young school teacher that sparked outrage across the restive territory.

Rizwan Asad Pandit. — Photo courtesy Kashmir Media Service
Indian police bundled Rizwan Asad Pandit from his home in a late-night raid on Sunday to a detention centre in the main city of Srinagar, where he died in the early hours of Tuesday.

No official explanation has been offered for his death. Police say Rizwan — who spent his 29th birthday in custody — was taken “in pursuance of a terror case investigation”.

He was a campaigner for Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir, which was outlawed by New Delhi this month.

Authorities launched a sweeping crackdown that has seen hundreds arrested since. But his family said Rizwan had no links to militancy and was murdered.

“He has been murdered in cold blood, and now they are telling lies about his death. How could that be? He has been tortured to death,” Rizwan's brother Zulqarnain Pandit told local newspaper Kashmir Reader.

News of his death spread quickly in occupied Kashmir, where popular anger against Indian occupation in the Muslim-majority region often erupts into violent clashes between civilians and Indian forces.

Local authorities have ordered an inquiry into Rizwan's death but police have not registered an official investigation yet.

Shops and schools were shut in Srinagar and large parts of occupied Kashmir in protest after three major Kashmiri groups in the region called for a strike.

Rights groups, including the United Nations rights office, have accused Indian forces of acting with “virtual immunity” in occupied Kashmir, protected by laws that shield soldiers from prosecution. There have been more than 100 official inquiries into civilian deaths in occupied Kashmir since 2008 but none has resulted in convictions, said Khurram Parvez, a high-profile local activist.

“This absolute impunity completely scuttles justice,” he said.

At the height of major demonstrations against Indian rule in 2016, another teacher died in military custody, fuelling popular anger. The soldiers accused of murdering the man were never prosecuted.

 

[Realromeo]

Two Kashmiris including a lady policewoman were shot dead by gunmen in this week but nobody from Kashmir here seems bothered

Even most Indian media haven't reported this. How do you expect the news to reach Pakistanis ? Even then, one is a civilian the other is a police.

 

[PakLFC]

So what's new? IoK is shut down every day for one reason or another.

 

[Madplayer]

So what's new? IoK is shut down every day for one reason or another.

Have you become desensitized towards the Kashmiri suffering? Its an honest question. Because when such news comes out so often from a particular place, people get used to it and start thinking that its a norm there.

 

[troodon]

Everyday is a shutdown day in Kashmir. I wonder how the poor are even surviving with so many holidays and nothing to do.

 

[Madplayer]

An FIR has been lodged now against the victim, a day after he was killed.

Thats India for you

 

[PakLFC]

Have you become desensitized towards the Kashmiri suffering? Its an honest question. Because when such news comes out so often from a particular place, people get used to it and start thinking that its a norm there.

Shut down of Kashmir signifies the unhappiness of Kashmiri people. This reminds Indians that they are invaders on someone else's land as much as they are in denial.

 

[m.shah]

He got killed brutally due to torture in custody with visible injuries like stitches in head besides post mortem report showing due the the rolling of iron rods over his body(which is normal torture in custody here) his blood was leaked from his vessel in the surrounding tissues causing multiple injuries.But in return everyone would have expected the stern punishment the goons in uniform who are blood thirsty for promotions but what we get is FIR is launched against the victim that he escaped from the custody,

 

[m.shah]

https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news...d-due-to-multiple-injuries-report/317023.html