Kashmir wants Hazare in India
Looking at the enormous success enjoyed by the Gandhian, the Hurriyat Conference has appealed to Hazare to launch a movement against the government to unravel the truth over the issue of unmarked graves discovered in north Kashmir.
“Indian civil society has failed people in Kashmir time and again. We now pin our hopes on Hazare and want him to launch a struggle akin to the battle for the Jan Lokpal Bill to unravel the truth behind unmarked graves,” said Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairperson of moderate Hurriyat. “We plan to send a formal letter to Hazare and seek his help.”
Mirwaiz said the Hurriyat Conference will hold a special meeting of the executive council to discuss the matter threadbare.
An inquiry report by the senior superintendent of police Jammu & Kashmir State Human Rights Commission Bashir Ahmad Yatoo states they have detected 2,156 unidentified bodies buried in 38 graveyards across five districts of north Kashmir.
Mirwaiz pointed out that 9,000 people who went missing from the custody of security forces have not been traced so far.
“We want to know where they are. We feel some answers lie in the graves,” Mirwaiz said, adding that there was a need to conduct DNA profiles of those buried in the unmarked graves and check that with the profiles of those who have disappeared in Kashmir.
“We want an impartial probe by an international agency,” he said.
