Kashmiri women and Children detained in Srinagar jailed maltreated: Report

Kashmiri women and Children detained in Srinagar jailed maltreated: Report

ISLAMABAD (APP): The families of Kashmiri youth, in occupied Kashmir, illegally detained in Baramulla sub-jail have said that the Jail Superintendent mistreats and harasses the inmates there.

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According to Kashmir Media Service, The family members of the detainees said that people lodged in Baramulla jail on the charges of stone-pelting and other incidents had been facing tough time, ever since Rajni Sehgal assumed the charged of Jail Superintendent there.

"Recently, some of the inmates observed hunger strike for days together against the maltreatment at the hands of Jail Superintendent. On the directions of Jail Superintendent, the inmates who suffer from many ailments are not being taken to hospitals. They (inmates) are not being treated as humans when it comes to healthcare, sanitation and other facilities," some of the relatives of the inmates told media men.

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"We are concerned for the welfare and well being of our children. They do not get proper and humane treatment inside the jail. The present Jail Superintendent treats them like animals," they said.