Everyone knows harsh realities of political killings: DGP Police chief endorses Bhat’s statement, says `killers’ and `killed’ buried in same graveyar

Greater Kashmir

Syed Amjad Shah

Jammu, Jan 3: Jammu and Kashmir police chief Kuldeep Khuda Monday said that every one in Kashmir knows the harsh realities of political killings and it was the right time for the ‘right thinking’ and ‘truth speaking’ people to come forward and tell ‘reality’ to the people, which will be helpful for restoring peace in trouble hit-state.

“Senior Hurriyat leader spoke truth and had vindicated our stand. The right thinking and truth speaking people should come forward so that people know about the reality. They should tell people about truth and it could prove helpful for restoring peace and normalcy in Kashmir,” the Director General of Police (DGP) said while addressing a press conference here today.

He was reacting to a question on the statement of senior Hurriyat leader Abdul Ghani Bhat that top separatist leaders were killed by “our own people”.

“Everyone knew the harsh realities of political killings in Kashmir. He (Prof Bhat) revealed what everybody knows. I do not know what is the reason for him to say this at this moment? But this is the truth,” he remarked.

The DGP said the Hurriyat leader had vindicated the police stand. “He has said what we had been saying all along. The person involved in the killing of Mirwaiz Farooq is also buried in the same ‘martyrs graveyard’ where the senior Mirwaiz was laid to rest. Both killers and killed are martyrs for them,” he maintained.

During a seminar, Bhat had told that senior Mirwaiz Farooq, father of moderate Hurriyat chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Peoples Conference chairman Abdul Ghani Lone were killed “by our own people”.

The DGP remarked, “We had always maintained that militants were killing leaders of rival factions. When a separatist leader himself makes this disclosure, all I can say is that our stand has been vindicated.”