PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the arrest of three Kashmiri students in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s win over India in a T20 World Cup cricket match.
In her letter, Mehbooba Mufti sought PM Modi’s intervention in the matter. “I request you to intervene so that future of these youngsters is not destroyed,” she said.
“I write to you with a deep sense of disappointment and concern about the alarming situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Not too long ago when you presided over an all-party meeting in Delhi you expressed your intention to remove “dill ke doori “between Delhi and J&K,” the letter reads.
The former Jammu and Kashmir CM further said that in her capacity as the President of PDP she suggested a few Confidence Building Measures that would have provided a sense of relief and breathing space to the people of J&K.
“We had been waiting for the rollout of a policy to address the hearts and minds of people, especially youth. While the spree of raids, arrests, killings continue unabated the level of repression and state intolerance has touched a new low,” the letter reads.
The letter comes after three students belonging to Jammu and Kashmir were arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra on Wednesday for celebrating Pakistan’s win against India in the T20 World Cup match on October 24.
The three engineering students have been booked under the Sedition law. They were held after a BJP youth wing leader Gaurav Rajawat lodged a complaint against them for shouting pro-Pakistan slogans after the match.
