Srinagar:
Wamiq Farooq's family is distraught. Three weeks ago, the 13-year-old was killed in teargas shelling in Srinagar. And now, the police have booked their dead son for attempting to murder cops by throwing stones.
"Now they (government) will face it, they are forcing us to come on streets. Earlier, our protests were peaceful, but now things have changed. Instead of justice, they have blamed the victims," said Wamiq's father Farooq Ahmad.
The family says Wamiq was killed in cold blood and wants a murder case against the cop who did it.
On January 31 - the day Warmiq was killed - police suspended an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and promised strict action. But now they say they fired in self-defence.
There has been a spurt in stone pelting incidents of late. On Sunday, clashes broke out in Sopore and Maisuma after reports came out that police had arrested youth for stone pelting in the area.
There has been a concerted effort by police to crack down on this non-conventional warfare. More than 100 separatists and stone-pelters have been arrested under the Public Safety Act that allows two years in jail without trial.
But Warmiq's family is not convinced. They say their son was never a part of the stone-throwing mob on January 31.
But how will the dead Wamiq defend himself that he was innocent? The Class VII student is lying in the grave, accused for attempt to murder policemen by throwing stones on them. The family, still in mourning, is now faced with a new ordeal.
"Now they (government) will face it, they are forcing us to come on streets. Earlier, our protests were peaceful, but now things have changed. Instead of justice, they have blamed the victims," said Wamiq's father Farooq Ahmad.
The family says Wamiq was killed in cold blood and wants a murder case against the cop who did it.
On January 31 - the day Warmiq was killed - police suspended an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and promised strict action. But now they say they fired in self-defence.
There has been a spurt in stone pelting incidents of late. On Sunday, clashes broke out in Sopore and Maisuma after reports came out that police had arrested youth for stone pelting in the area.
There has been a concerted effort by police to crack down on this non-conventional warfare. More than 100 separatists and stone-pelters have been arrested under the Public Safety Act that allows two years in jail without trial.
But Warmiq's family is not convinced. They say their son was never a part of the stone-throwing mob on January 31.
But how will the dead Wamiq defend himself that he was innocent? The Class VII student is lying in the grave, accused for attempt to murder policemen by throwing stones on them. The family, still in mourning, is now faced with a new ordeal.
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