The silence of the civil society groups in Kashmir against the cries of Jammu lawyers, academicians and journalists over the demand for CBI probe into rape and murder of Kathua minor girl is shocking and as well as surprising. Though many civil society groups led by the likes of Justic (Retd.) Hasnain Masoodi., M S Pandit the former Jammu & Kashmir State Public Service Commission, Z G Mohammad a columnist of great repute, Nayeem Hamid a renowned academician, Zaffar Ahmed Shah leading constitutional expert and senior advocate at J&K High Court, Shakeel Kalandar the head of a leading trading body in Kashmir and many others raised voices of dissent against the killing of civilians and use of lethal weapons in crowd control policing but shockingly they are yet to break their silence over the unjustified demand of the Jammu’s civil society members over the highly question demand of CBI probe into the rape and murder of Kathua minor girl. While the Kashmir civil society groups are yet to wake up from deep slumber over the unjustified demand for CBI inquiry into the rape and murder of Kathua minor girl, the civil society members in Jammu have under the banner of a group called Group of Intellectuals and Academicians (GIA) comprising Meera Khadakkar District Judge, Monika Arora, Advocate Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, Sarjana Sharma, Senior Journalist, Sonali Chitalkar, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Sciences, Miranda House, Delhi University and Monicca Aggarwaal, Entrepreneur and Social Activist submitted a memorandum to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over the demand for CBI inquiry into Kathua minor rape case . The wake up call for media in Kashmir is that a detailed report about a vicious campaign by this civil society group on demand for CBI inquiry into the Kathua minor rape case was published is Friday edition of Jammu based English daily “Excelsior” and the statements of three people note even remotely connected with the rape and murder incident of Kathua minor girl were given undue publicity by a national news channel and a Jammu based English daily known for its viscious campaigning against Kashmiris.
Keeping in view the clarion call of Jammu’s muslim Gujar leaders for timely help in the ongoing campaign for justice to Kathua minor girl Asifa brutally raped and murdered by a group of people , the civil society groups in Kashmir are morally duty bound to explore all options for countering the vicious propaganda unleashed by the people of disintegrating tendencies of Jammu region against a fair trial of the accused already charge sheeted and arrested by a premier investigative agency of the state government.
It may be recalled here that a civil society groups comprising Justice (Retd.) Hasnain Masoodi, M S Pandi the former Chairman Jammu & Kashmir State Public Service Commission and many others had sent a memorandum to the President of India against the use of lethal weapons and civil killings in crowd control policing in the year 2016 when more than one hundred youth were killed in streets protests. Shockingly this time no group from Kashmir is bothering to counter the shamed propaganda of the Jammu’s civil society groups against the investigation conducted by the premier investigative agency of the state government under the close supervision of Jammu & Kashmir High Court. Keeping in view the clarion call of Jammu’s muslim Gujar leaders for timely help in the ongoing campaign for justice to Kathua minor girl Asifa brutally raped and murdered by a group of people , the civil society groups in Kashmir are morally duty bound to explore all options for countering the vicious propaganda unleashed by the people of disintegrating tendencies of Jammu region against a fair trial of the accused already charge sheeted and arrested by a premier investigative agency of the state government.
