Srinagar /April, 16: After protest by the families of the jail inmates of Srinagar Central jail against the recent violent incidents inside the jail the Peoples Democratic Party President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that the government of India (GoI) wants to turn the jails in Kashmir into infamous Guantanamo Bay detention centre.
Taking to micro blogging social networking site twitter Mehbooba wrote “Prisoners are entitled to fundamental human rights & using brute force to quell protests is a clear violation. Pertinent to mention that inmates protested after alleged desecration of Quran. GoI wants to turn Kashmir into an open air prison & convert actual jails into Guantanamo. ”
Mehbooba Mufti made the marks soon after the family members of the inmates at Central Jail in Srinagar staged protest at Press Enclave Srinagar against the violence that took place inside the jail earlier this month.
The protesters who had assembled at Press Enclave in Srinagar demanded that the FIRs were be registered against the inmates following the violence should be withdrawn.
“The concerned prison Superintendent of Police (SP) should be transferred and the First Information Report (FIR), related to April 5 incident, should be withdrawn against all the jail inmates,” said the protesters.
The protesters also demanded that the inmates should not be shifted to jails outside the state.
“We are poor labourers and can’t afford to travel to other states due to lack of resources. We request the authorities not to shift the inmates outside,” said the protesters.
On April 5, intense clashes broke out inside the central jail after the prisoners protested over the construction of the new barracks.
