Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday condemned the lynching of a senior police officer Mohammed Ayub Pandith by a mob outside the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of Srinagar and warned people of severe backlash if the police loses its patience. She called the incident “shameful”.
"But, for how long? she told reporters on the side lines of a wreath-laying ceremony of the slain officer here. "The day their patience wanes away, then, I believe, things will be difficult. I appeal the people that there is still time and we should understand. The police force is our own force, they are our children and such a treatment is shameful," the Chief Minister said.
"A SHO along with five cops was killed some days back and now this DySP...I appeal to the people that this is a shameful incident, that those who protect you, show patience while dealing with you, but if you behave like this with them, then if they lose their patience, then God forbid, such a time will come when people have to flee after seeing a (police) gypsy on the road," she said.
His death is a tragedy & the manner of his death a travesty. May the people who lynched DySP Pandith burn in hell for their sins. https://t.co/uuddYdbJYc? Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) June 23, 2017
"Such heinous elements are the enemies of Kashmiriyat and humanity and should be given the sternest possible sentence as per the law of the land," he added.(With PTI inputs)
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