Justice Masoodi condemns mass arrests in South Kashmir, demand immediate release of detainees

Srinagar /May, 27: Senior National Conference leader and newly elected Member Parliament from Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency Justice (Retd)  on Monday condemned mass arrests across of youth across south Kashmir after Dadsara Tral incident. Addressing National Conference workers who visited him after his election, at KHANABAL he said “as per the reports received from Kokernag, Anantnag, Qazigund, Awantipora, Pampore, Seer Hamdan and other places hundreds of youth, a good number of them reportedly juveniles, have been arrested on mere suspicions and locked in the police stations,adding that “hundreds of people  are waiting outside police stations for hours together, to see their children free from police custody . Masoodi  urged administration to immediately let off the youth without registering a case as the youth have been arrested on mere suspicions that they may join a religious gathering and registration of case, in the circumstances would unjustifiably put their career at peril and push them to uncertainty. Justice Masoodi  reminded the administration that atrocities and high handedness would be fraught with grave consequences and in some case push the harassed youth to militancy. He has asked the administration and police authorities to learn from the pervious mistakes and avoid confrontationist attitude. Justice Masoodi has demanded immediate release of arrested youth without causing any blemish on their career so that they immediately rejoin their respective education institutions and resume their studies.