Gory tales of torture in Indian-administered Kashmir
Kashmir Updates - Aamir Ali Bhat - July, 16 2019
On March 19, 2019, Mohammad Asadullah Pandith, received a dead body of his 28-year-old son, Rizwan Asad Pandith, a school principal by profession, from police in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Just two days before he was allegedly killed in the custody, Rizwan, a resident of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, was picked up by police from his residence and was shifted to Cargo, a notorious detention centre located in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir.
According to his family, Rizwan was tortured to death in the custody. Even the preliminary post-mortem report discovered that “excessive bleeding caused by deep wounds on Rizwan’s body” could have resulted in death.
Without citing the reason for the death, police in an initial statement said Rizwan was picked up by them “in connection with a terror-related case and he died in the custody”.
Police lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against Rizwan, two days after his death, accusing him of attempting to escape from custody while travelling to South Kashmir for searches.
After the news of Rizwan’s custodial death spread, protests erupted in some areas of Indian-administered Kashmir. Hundreds of people poured out onto the streets and pelted stones on security forces.
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