The hostile attitude by the LoC neighbor India
is not new. Since their inception the two
countries have been engaged in some conflicts
and disagreements, either in terms of
violations of agreements or being alleging each
other with unlawful activities. Both the
countries have entered into serious
deteriorated relations from last year. The
happening of the Mumbai incident, the Veena
Malik controversy, opposition of Hindu
extremists on the marriage of the sportsmen
Sania and Shoaib, the art gallery vandalism in
the Hindu State and the bone of contention
these days is the uninterrupted violation of the
ceasefire agreement at Loc between the two
countries.
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Another story that appeared of Indian enmity
is that of a local Indian Muslim based mobile
retailer Hafiz Yousuf. The young bearded man
who had his shop in a district in India was
arrested from his shop by the local policemen.
He was taken into custody for three days on
the name of interrogation but soon the
attitude changed and Yousuf was alleged to be
involved in unlawful activities in the country.
The prisoner was then presented in the court.
Yousuf narrated that he had not been given
chance to prove his innocence instead the
officials began to harass and torture him. “I
was treated indifferent unlike others”. I did not
suffer only but my family also went through
mental tortures.
He then said that he was later shifted to a jail
somehow 1200 kilometers away from his
residence and local area, with which he was
unfamiliar. I have had not committed any
crime, I don’t know why they had been so
cruel to me.” I was given an isolated room
hardly of 8 meters with 10-15 battalions who
waited outside my room. It had washroom
attached which barely gave enough space for
movement.’
The retailer said that the jail where he
was shifted was far from the borders
of Pakistan and India and the parents
were not given more than 10 minutes
to meet the victim.
Hafiz remained in jail for about 2 years and
has appealed the high court for justice. He
criticized the Indian media for being biased
and said that we Indian Muslims, despite being
the local people are treated with hostility and
biasness is shown against us for no reason.
This is not one case. Indians have had been
responsible for holding many captives for their
whole lives, torturing them and many times
killing and sending the dead bodies. Way for
negotiating peacefully seems undesirable. The
Pakistani high officials should hold serious
meetings and protest internationally for human
rights violation.
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