Punish those involved in public shaming of suspected thief: Hurriyat chairman

Srinagar, Jun 25 (PTI) Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday called for punishing all those involved in public humiliation of a suspected thief in Jammu, who was allegedly made to sit on a moving police vehicle's bonnet with a garland of shoes around his neck.

"Is this how Kashmiri's will be treated in their own land? Stripped of human dignity! Paraded and shamed! Actually it's a shame on the system and mindset that actively participates to humiliate people on the basis of religion and region," the Mirwaiz said in a post on X.

He said the incident was not the first one,“ referring to the 2017 human shield row when Army Major Leetul Gogoi tied a man to a jeep allegedly as a shield against a mob which was hurling stones during a bypoll at Budgam.

"One Major Gogoi is notorious for similar brutality. Ruling authority and Elected representatives must punish all those involved and bring the perpetrators to book," the Mirwaiz said. PTI SSB KVK KVK