ISLAMABAD – India tries humiliating top Kashmiri jailed leaders by nakedstrip search.
32 high profile political detainees staged a protest on Sunday against thepolice’s alleged bid to “strip and humiliate” Peoples Conference chiefSajjad Lone while the leaders were being shifted to a new detention centrein Srinagar, The Hindu has reported.
The incident took place around 2 p.m. when the authorities began shiftingthe detainees in batches from the Centaur Hotel to the MLA Hostel inSrinagar.Leader manhandled
Sources said the first batch of leaders, crammed into a small vehicle,comprised Peoples Democratic Party youth president Waheed Para, J&K’sPeoples Movement chief and IAS topper Shah Faesal and Peoples Conferencechief Lone, an ally of the BJP in J&K between 2015 and 2018.
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Sources said Mr. Lone was frisked as his vehicle reached the gates of theMLA Hostel. The situation turned ugly when he was asked to remove hisclothes, eliciting an angry response from both Mr. Para and Mr. Faesal.This was followed by a scuffle, sources added.