Srinagar: Former Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday slammed the continuous arrest of party youth leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra blamed J&K CID For ‘terrorizing’ Kashmiri people.
“J&K CID has joined the list of central agencies that work to terrorize Kashmiris & falsely implicate them. After failing to substantiate charges against PDP’s Waheed Parra, CID replaced the SIT head because he refused to be an accomplice in framing invented charges,” Mehbooba Mufti tweeted.
The PDP President further alleged that Parra was being kept under “inhuman conditions and tortured” to compel him to admit to false charges.
“Waheed is being persecuted & tortured to admit the false allegations. Since an admission didn’t happen, he is being kept under inhuman conditions. This investigation has been fraudulent & politically motivated from day one,” she tweeted.
Mehbooba alleged that it was ‘shameful and appalling’ and that such actions discredit and bring disrepute to the institutions meant to uphold law and order.
“The norm dictating such deceitful investigations is ‘Show me the man & I’ll show you the crime’. Shameful & appalling that these actions discredit & bring disrepute to the institutions meant to uphold law & order,” she said in another tweet.
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has reacted to the series of tweets of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba wherein she alleged that Waheed Parra is being persecuted and tortured.
In a statement, police stated that: “Recent comments about CID investigations in the public domain through social media are unfortunate for two reasons: for being factually incorrect and making CID officers vulnerable to increased threats and enhanced risks. It is also fraught with the risks of adversely influencing the witnesses and the course of investigation. It is factually incorrect that an under investigation person was tortured. CID investigations are done professionally and as per law.”
“ Each and every arrested person is presented before competent court periodically as per law. Every arrested suspect has access to health care and doctors. It is neither proper nor lawful to discuss and pass verdict like remarks in the public domain about ongoing complex investigations.”
“ CID is answerable to the courts on all aspects including whether amenities and rights available to a person under custodial investigation and his legal obligations to cooperate in the investigation are being complied.”
