In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has strongly denounced the custodial killing of an innocent civilian from Kunanposhpora area of Kupwara district.

The civilian, Abdul Rashid Dar, was abducted by the Indian Army on 15th December, last year. His dead body was found in Zurhama forest area of the district, yesterday.

People staged forceful demonstrations in the hometown of Rashid Dar after his dead body was handed over to his family by the Indian police, last evening.

The protesters raised high-pitched anti-India slogans and demanded punishment to the Indian troops involved in Rashid Dar’s abduction and subsequent killing in custody.

APHC leaders, Ghulam Ahmed Gulzar, Khadim Hussain and Sibte Shabbir Qummi, in their statements in Srinagar said the killing of innocent youth in custody and fake encounters by Indian troops has become a routine matter in occupied territory.

They urged the international community to take cognizance of the war crimes being perpetrated by the Indian troops.

Peoples Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti, in a tweet said she was extremely disturbed to see pictures of the mutilated body.

Democratic Freedom Party in a statement in Srinagar expressed serious concern over the continued illegal detention of its Chairman, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, and other Hurriyat leaders languishing in different jails of IIOJK and India.