Times of Islamabad

Indian Army inhuman torture cells in Occupied Kashmir takes life of a teenager boy

Indian Army inhuman torture cells in Occupied Kashmir takes life of a teenager boy

SRINAGAR – Indian Army inhuman torture cells in Occupied Kashmir takes lifeof a teenager boy, private media had reported.

A teenage boy has lost his life after being subjected to inhumane tortureby Indian troops at an army camp in the Pulwama district of OccupiedKashmir.

Yawar Ahmed Butt, 15, who was detained and tortured by the troops, wasshifted to Srinagar’s SMHS hospital in serious condition, but he succumbedto his injuries.

The victim family from Pulwama’s Chandgam town told the Kashmir MediaService (KMS) that the boy was detained and beaten by the troops at anIndian army camp in the held-Valley.

The family added that Yawar had confined himself to a room for the wholeday. He did not sleep in his parents’ room, as he would normally do.“Around 11pm, we saw him vomiting. He complained of headache, after whichwe took him to hospital in Pulwama,” a family member said.

According to a family member, Yawar was asked to report to an Army camp inthe Tahab area next day.

Locals in the area said that the Indian troops had earlier snatched theidentity cards of several Kashmiri boys.

Meanwhile, normal life remains disrupted in the occupied Jammu and Kashmirdue to continued military lockdown on 49th successive day.

Millions of people have been besieged in their houses as hundreds ofthousands of Indian troops continue to be deployed in every nook and cornerof the valley since the hardline Hindu government of Modi-led BJP strippedthe disputed state of its special status on August 5.

All shops, markets, business establishments and educational institutionsremain closed while transport is off the road.