J&K Policemen resign in front of public; shout pro-freedom slogans

By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter

Srinagar: In the wake of continuing Kashmir turmoil, two Jammu and Kashmir policemen publically announced their resignation while addressing a huge gathering.


Support TwoCircles

Fwd: AIP PHOTOS

The two policemen were Special Police Officers (SPOs), part of the the infamous Special Operations Group which was formed to deal with militants.

One of the policemen, Waseem Ahmed, is a resident of Behrampora and announced his resignation in Sopore of North Kashmir’s Baramullah district on Monday evening while addressing a huge gathering. The cop’s public resignation was received with huge applause by the gathering. The cop also shouted pro freedom slogans. According to report published in Kashmir life another cop Firdous Ahmed, a resident of Thakgund Sopore, didn’t emerge in the village but sent a word that he too will follow suit.

The valley based news agency CNS have reported that the policemen resigned under ‘public pressure’.

Locals said that shortly after the killing of a local Hurriyat activist Fayaz Ahmed Rather on 29 July last month at the hands of “unknown” gunmen, people had asked local policemen to resign from the department.

The move comes a day after 22 former panchayat members, including two Sarpanch in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district announced that they would quit pro-India parties and join the ongoing ‘resistance movement’.

These members, who were associated with the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and opposition National Conference (NC) saw their five-year term end last month. Their announcement came hours after villagers put up posters at their houses asking them to abandon pro-India parties, reports Kashmir Reader.

Meanwhile People Democratic Party spokesperson Mehboob Beg said that the current uprising is against mainstream political system as a whole.

SUPPORT TWOCIRCLES HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND NON-PROFIT MEDIA. DONATE HERE