Srinagar: While strongly condemning the brutal murder of a political activist Ishtiyaq Ahmad Chowdhary at the hands of a VDC terrorist at Kalakoot area of the Rajouri district, Chairman Hurriyat (G) Syed Ali Geelani said that besides the army and paramilitary forces, India has created an another organized state terrorist force in Kashmir in the name of Village Defense Committee (VDC) and this terrorist force is directly controlled by the Indian home ministry.

While reiterating his old demand of disbanding and disarming of the killer VDC forces, Syed Ali Geelani said that this force has been created to suppress the Jammu Muslims and there is no accountability system present in the state to check-in the atrocities and cruelties of these government terrorists.

While terming the Rajouri incident as heartbreaking and intolerable, Syed Ali Geelani said that the Muslim identity of any Kashmiri irrespective of his political affiliations and beliefs is considered as a big crime and in front of the communal forces, the punishment of this crime is not less than the death penalty.

While demanding immediate investigation of the said incident and stern punishment to the culprit, the pro-freedom leader said that this episode has created a sense of fear in the entire Rajouri and Jammu division and the Muslims of this region are very much concerned about their safety. 

Syed Ali Geelani said that there are 28 thousand VDC terrorists active in the Jammu division and most of them are professional criminals involved in the many grave crimes like murders, robbery, rapes, drug trade and other serious crimes.

These people consider themselves above the law and the state government has no control over their activities.

This force is directly handled by the Indian secret agencies and the home ministry of Delhi and on their directions these criminals are harassing the Muslims in every possible ways.

Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani said that the Rajouri incident is an open lesson for the National Conference (NC) itself who in their regime were defending these forces and were hiding their crimes against the Muslims of that region. They (NC) should understand that their treachery can do nothing good for them and one day the very communal elements will have no mercy for them too.