NEW DELHI: Jammu Kashmir Nationwide Convention (JKNC) MLA Qaiser Jamshaid Lone on Friday stated that when he was a teen, he thought-about turning into a militant after he was “tortured and humiliated” by a military officer throughout a crackdown.
Nonetheless, Lolab Mla stated, his “religion” within the system was restored after a senior officer intervened. Lone made these feedback whereas collaborating within the Movement of Because of the Lieutenant governor’s deal with within the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Meeting.
Lone defined that the incident occurred throughout a crackdown in his space when he was in tenth grade. He was one in every of 32 youths who have been singled out for questioning a couple of youth who had joined terrorists.
Recalling the incident, Lone stated that in response to the military officer’s query, he instructed him that he knew the youth. “I stated sure I do know him as a result of he lived in our space. I used to be overwhelmed up for that. Then he requested me if the terrorist was current within the crackdown. I replied within the destructive and I used to be overwhelmed up once more,” he recalled.
Later, a senior officer arrived and spoke to him. “He requested me ‘what do you need to turn into in life?’ I instructed him I need to be a militant. He requested me the rationale and I instructed him concerning the torture I had gone by way of,” Lone instructed the Home.
The NC added that the senior officer publicly reprimanded the junior officer, which restored his “religion within the system.”
He additionally talked about that out of the 32 youths who have been questioned, 27 later joined militancy.