Release all political prisoners under general amnesty before Eid: Chairman J&K Muslim Mutahida Mahaaz

PTK NEWS DESK

Srinagar, June 12: As a goodwill gesture ahead of the forthcoming Eid-ul-Azha festival, Chairman Muslim Mutahida Mahaaz J&K , Mirwaiz North Kashmir Parray Hassan Afzal Firdousi has requested release of the political prisoners lodged in various jails of the UT or outside UT .

Mirwaiz Firdousi said hundreds of youth, in jails for minor offences for the last few years, should be released under general amnesty, and as a goodwill gesture in a bid to improve the ground situation in Kashmir. “I unanimously demand release of political prisoners lodged in various jails of J&K in reverence to the forthcoming festival of Eid,” Mirwaiz Firdousi

” I received numerous requests from relatives and families whose near and dear ones are languishing in various jails. They want to cherish the forthcoming Eid festival with their kith and kin who are presently in jails. The government must understand the sensitivities involved and release all political prisoners under an amnesty plan,” He said.

Mirwaiz Firdousi also alleged that the “Public Safety Act has been grossly misused against political prisoners by repeatedly booking them on one pretext or the other.”

Expressing concern over health of some of the inmates, Mirwaiz Firdousi said prisoners with serious ailments should be released on compassionate grounds. He said the cases against youths, who have been booked for minor offences, should be withdrawn so that their career does not get marred.