Budgam- A day after a 30-year-old lady was brutally murdered in the Ompora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district, the people from the neighbouring villages on Monday held a massive protest, demanding capital punishment for the accused involved in the case.
Scores of agitated people on Monday afternoon gathered at the main chowk Ompora and held a strong protest against the accused man who after allegedly killing the lady, chopped her body into several pieces and disposed of them in various parts of the district.
The people raised slogans of ‘Hang the culprit’ and ‘We want justice’, saying such people have no right to live in this society. They demanded capital punishment for the murderer and justice for the victim’s family.
“We cannot have such people in our society. Police have already identified the gruesome murderer. Now, we request the LG administration to do a court trial on a fast-track level and hang the culprit as soon as possible so that justice is delivered,” they said, adding, ’Today it was her, tomorrow it will be our sister, mother or wife.”
If the police don’t act on a fast-track basis, we will go to the Supreme Court and fight separately, the furious protesters said.
Meanwhile, several political parties, social organisations and Auqaf committees condemned the “inhuman act” and demanded justice for the victim’s family
NC Expresses Outrage Over Brutal Murder
The National Conference (NC) on Monday condemned the brutal killing of a young woman in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district, saying the incident has brought shame to humanity.
The woman was killed and her body chopped into several pieces in the Soibugh area of the central Kashmir district. Police have arrested a man who has confessed to the crime and identified the locations where he had hidden the victim’s body parts.
Expressing outrage over the “rising spate of incidents against women” in Kashmir, senior NC leader and a former MLA from Budgam, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, said the gut-wrenching incident is a horrible reminder of how distinctly rotten the society has become.
“Words are not enough to condemn this brazen murder of humanity. If these cases do not shake the conscience of humanity, nothing will. I express my deepest condolences and sympathies with the bereaved household, and pray for fortitude to them at this difficult time,” he said.
Demanding exemplary punishment for the perpetrator of the crime, Mehdi said the “lack of accountability of the law-and-order institutions and lack of conviction of the culprits” lead to an increase in the number of such incidents of crime against women.
Police should prepare a watertight case against the assailant so that he gets stringent punishment, he added.
Demanding a speedy trial in the case, the NC leader said the society should also introspect about the recurrence of such shameful incidents.
“Recurrence of such incidents should be a point of concern for all of us. Such incidents were unknown in this part of the world.
“Now, we get to hear about such incidents on an almost daily basis. It is high time that we, as a society, converge our efforts to educate our youth. Police and the judiciary will do what they have to, but we as sensible citizens should unite our efforts and guide our new generation and speak about such injustices at every level,” he said.
Meanwhile, NC’s central zone president Ali Muhammad Dar led a party delegation to meet the victim’s family members.
The delegation also offered “Fatiha” (special prayers) for the victim woman.
Women functionaries of the NC have also expressed outrage over the killing and demanded stern punishment for the perpetrator of the heinous crime. (with KNO inputs)
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