Srinagar: Reacting to the custodial death of an Awantipora school teacher, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said the “repressive approach” adopted by the government of India was pushing youth towards militancy.
“Innocent men hauled up from their homes for interrogation return home only in coffins now. GoI’s repressive approach leaves young educated men vulnerable who are forced to take up arms. Stop using Kashmir to exhibit your sick chauvinistic nationalism. We have suffered enough,” Mehbooba wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, a school teacher, who was arrested by the police, died in police custody at CARGO camp in Srinagar.
The teacher was identified as Rizwan Pandit, a resident of Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
A police official said that Rizwan died during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
He said that the police department has asked for a magisterial inquiry. (Agencies)
