A day after a 24 -year -old youth was paraded on a 24 -year -old youth shirtless on a police vehicle bonnet for alleged theft by Jammu and Kashmir Police, the president of the Hurriyat and the head of the valley, Maulvi Mirwaiz Umar Farooq demanded to know how it would be treated.
Mirwaiz said on X, “How Kashmiris will be treated in their land? Human dignity is taken away! Parade and embarrassed.”
On Tuesday, police arrested a 24 -year -old man from Kashmir Valley for alleged theft from the premises of a government hospital in Jammu. The youth had garlands with slippers and was reportedly shirtless parade on the bonnet of a police vehicle, while his hands were tied behind his back.
After the video of the parade went viral on social media and criticized the police for working like a mob, Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jammu Joginder Singh ordered a departmental inquiry into the incident.
Is this how Kashmiri will be treated in his land? Human dignity took away! Parade and embarrassing! In fact, it is a shame on the system and mentality that actively participates to humiliate people on the basis of religion and region. And this is not the first time. A major… https://t.co/eugxmmfoxn
– Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@Mirwaizkashmir) June 25, 2025
In his post, Mirwaiz took the same similarities between the incident and since 2017 when an army chief tied an citizen to an army jeep and paraded him through various villages in Budgam district of Central Kashmir.
“And this is not the first time. A prominent Gogoi is notorious for the same cruelty,” said Mirwaiz. “The ruling authority and elected representatives must punish all those involved and bring criminals to book”.
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