Srinagar: Member of Parliament from Srinagar constituency Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has written to Ministry of Home Affairs to seek release of prisoners, held without trial, from Jammu and Kashmir.
Ruhullah in a representation to Minister of Home Affairs, conveyed that he as “representative of Jammu and Kashmir would like to bring to your notice that several of our people have been incarcerated from different regions of the valley. Wherein many of them are convicted, undertrial or are being held without a trial and are being held in different parts of the country. I would like to further bring to your knowledge that most of the prisoners held without a trial happen to be young individuals.”
“It is unfair on part of the government to hold these people at an age that is decisive for career and nation building. So I believe their release to be imperative, and call upon the government to release the prisoners (held) without a trial at the earliest,” reads the representation as per The KashPost
Highlighting the issue regarding difference in weather conditions between Jammu and Kashmir as compared with rest of the India, the Member Parliament, from JKNC, further conveyed to MHA that, “Also, the weather conditions of the Kashmir province of Jammu and Kashmir are different from rest of the nation, those prisoners who are convicted or are undertrial should be shifted to the valley on humanitarian aspects. It is also difficult for the relatives of these prisoners to meet them in different parts of the country both physically and financially.”