Srinagar - In occupied Kashmir, the Sikh community has said that Indian government was involved in the gruesome massacre of 35 members of their community at Chattisinghpora in Islamabad district on March 20, 2000.
The massacre took place when unknown gunmen fired indiscriminately on the residents of the village. The incident occurred when the then US President Bill Clinton was on a visit to India.
Chairman of Shaheed Association Chattisingh Pora (SSAC), Nanak Singh Bedi while paying tributes to the massacred Sikhs demanded the Indian government to initiate an immediate CBI inquiry or be ready to face the consequences.
Quoting to a recent address of Dr Farooq Abdullah, the then puppet Chief Minister, to a rally in Jammu in which he said that he was aware of the killers, but the Indian government had restricted him from ordering an inquiry, the Chairman of SSAC pointed out that the statement had left the Sikh community with a belief that they were not safe in India, particularly in the occupied territory where Sikhs could anytime be used as scapegoats.
Meanwhile, a Kashmiri youth, arrested by Dehli police in the Indian capital, two years ago was falsely implicated. He was brought to a local court on Tuesday where he said, “ I was arrested by the police at Dehli, Railway station because I refused to give them the money I was carrying.” He added that there were many Kashmiris in Tihar Jail without trial and often tortrured by the authorities.
