Two young girls, aged 17 and 22, were raped and murdered in the Shopian area of my homeland, Kashmir. The locals allege Indian security forces to be responsible. People have been protesting for the last 13 days demanding that the perpetrators of this barbarity be found and punished.
Government as usual has been vague and slow in its response. The head of the state started with a denial, declaring that these young women had drowned in the brook near which their dead bodies had been found. After a few days of protests and the reports from the forensic labs, it was confirmed that the girls had been raped before being murdered. As a result, the state government initiated a one man commission of inquiry into the incident.
An eye witness came forward to depose before the commission. It is reported that he saw the Indian army men surrounding a military vehicle. According to this witness he heard the shrieks of some women calling for help, 'Bhayou mey bachaao' (brother save me), 'Moojey mey bachaai' (mother save me) coming from inside that army vehicle. This person was seen by the men guarding the vehicle and asked to leave, which he obediently did.
I am not sure what these shrieks mean to anyone reading this, for a kashmiri, atleast in my case, it runs a chill down my spine. These are the words of extreme helplessness and I quiver after reading them and thinking about the agony and pain that those girls must have gone through. It is a shame that something like this could happen. I pray that the barbarians who did this get exposed before the world and face justice for this inexplicable crime.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
It sends shivers down my spine
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3 comments:
38 days have passed since then. Govt commission has finalised his report and has presented to govt.
In the best case scenario, govt will accept that people in uniform did it, but what then???
Did we not see the pathribal case. or Padders case.
We would like those people to be hanged in open who did this shameful and barbrous act.
It has been 38 days since Shopian town is shutdown.
Really commendable act. the way they they stood united . refused aid from various orgs. and brave stance shows that our society still has got hope.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/world/asia/16kashmir.html?hp
Pakistan's nemesis,
First of all it is an account of the reported events. Instead of objectively looking at it, you have put on your Pakistan hatred glasses and started looking at the world through them. Without knowing anything about the bloggers here, you passed a judgement about where we come from.
India and Pakistan are both responsible for the suffering that Kashmiris are going through. Stop being a nationalistic jingoist and start calling a spade a spade. I don't care how much you hate Pakistan or they hate you, what I care about is the human loss in Kashmir. Have a heart.
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