The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress on Saturday demanded a judicial probe into the recent deaths of three persons in Kathua district.
The demand was raised by Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra at a workers’ convention in the district.
Roshan Lal, 45, and Shamsher, 37, were found strangled in Batheri village in Billawar on 16 February, while Makhan Din, 25, of Billawar died by suicide after allegedly consuming insecticide at his home on 4 February to protest alleged police harassment.
“We condemn the unfortunate incidents of the mysterious killing of two persons in Billawar besides the death of Din and demand a judicial inquiry to bring out the truth,” Karra said.
The convention was organised as part of the Congress’s 15-day campaign for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
Karra constituted a team of senior leaders and asked them to visit the area and prepare a detailed report before submitting it to the party.
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Alleging a delay in finalising the “business rules” in the Union Territory, he said, “There is confusion in the administration over the defining and distribution of powers.”
“Non-restoration of statehood is also coming in the way of solving various issues of different sections of people who had taken part in the elections with a hope of getting their pending issues resolved,” Karra said.
He also criticised the local BJP leadership, demanding that they clarify their stand on the delay in restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
“The Jammu and Kashmir BJP and its elected representatives are observing criminal silence over the vital right of the people, forcing the Congress to launch this movement, which shall be intensified in the days to come,” Karra said.
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