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There are many similarities between the attack on the New York WTC and the
Indian parliament. One of the is the unwillingness to understand the
underlying factors that lead to violence. - sandeep
(Kashmir Times, Jan 4, 20020
Another Kashmiri 'killed in custody' in Delhi
KT NEWS SERVICE
SRINAGAR, Jan 4: Another body bag has arrived. One more Kashmiri has
allegedly been
killed. As a 'sequel' to December 13 attack on Parliament, Zaffar
Iqbal, a young Kashmiri
student, was allegedly 'killed in custody' by Delhi police.
Iqbal, 22, went missing on December 31 and his body was today handed
over to his
parents. Delhi Police claimed that Iqbal died in a road accident, but
his parents maintain
that his body bore no accident mark and was killed in custody.
"There were only torture marks on Iqbal's body. His nails were pulled
out. His face was
full of torture marks. His hands were twisted. If anyone dies in a
road accident, he will
have wounds on his body, but it there were none. Above all police
played truant with us",
said Ghulam Hussain Gazi, uncle of Iqbal.
After completing graduation, Iqbal went to New Delhi where he got
himself admitted in a
computer college at Info Park for studying e-commerce. He was
recently appointed as
sales executive by a pharmaceutical company in New Delhi.
On December 31, his parents say, Iqbal after performing his duties
returned to his
residence at Jangpora Bogal and dropped his carry-bag there.
"He immediately left for computer college. In the evening his friend
Deepak, who saw him
last, dropped him in a bus at Defence colony. But police said his
body was found near
the stop where he boarded the bus. How is it possible that the body
was found at the
point where he boarded the bus? And if a bus met with an accident why
only Iqbal got
wounded?", asked Mir Mustafa, another uncle of Iqbal.
Delhi police informed his parents here over telephone two days back
about his death.
"When we reached the police station, we were told that the body has
been kept at
hospital mortuary. Accompanied by a cop, when we reached the
hospital, the authorities
said that there were several dead bodies in the mortuary for
identification. None of the
bodies we saw, was of Iqbal. But later we were told that the body No
44 lying in the
morgue is of Iqbal. Probably police brought the body from somewhere
and kept it in the
morgue", alleges Mir Mustafa.
Delhi Police, the parents said, told them that Iqbal was found on
foot path in an
unconscious state. He was taken to hospital where he was admitted and
then breathed
his last. "We tried to contact doctor who treated him, but he went
missing. We tried to
locate the prescription copy, but it was not given to us. Police did
not disclose the exact
details. If Iqbal died in an accident, then police should have no
problem to reveal facts, but
they are concealing the details", said Ghulam Hussain Gazi.
A pall of gloom descended at Drugjan, Dalgate soon after his body
arrived from New Delhi
today. The shopkeepers of the area immediately downed their shutters
and observed
bandh against Iqbal's killing. The entire Dalgate area went into
state of mourning
At his house, the scene was appalling. Womenfolk recited a wanwun
(Kashmiri folk lore
recited during marriages for a bride or groom) in desperation.
Beating chests and crying
loudly, the womenfolk showered confetti over Iqbal's coffin as if
they are bidding adieu to a
groom.
Hundreds of people today offered Nimaz-e-Jinaza of Iqbal. He was
taken in a procession
to the graveyard where he was laid to rest.
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