Himachal woman says sorry for bullying J&K traders, asking them to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’

The constabulary enactment came adjacent arsenic Sushma Devi, a Block Development Committee (BDC) member, and the shawl traders — Ali Mohammed Mir, 55, and his lad Firdous Ahmed Mir, 20, from Kupwara successful Kashmir — submitted a written compromise astatine Alampur constabulary station successful Kangra. Sushma besides issued an apology video.

In a 49-second video clip, Sushma said, “I judge my mistake and apologise if I intentionally oregon unintentionally said thing wrong. I told them not to travel to my location arsenic immoderate women unrecorded unsocial present and are frightened of strangers.” Sushma’s apology video was shared by Nasir Khuehami, the nationalist convenor of the J&K Students Association. Kuehami had shared the video that surfaced connected societal media purportedly showing the pistillate telling the 2 Kashmiris not to travel to the colony portion asking them to chant “Jai Shri Ram” to beryllium that they are “Hindustani”. One of the traders is heard telling Sushma, “You are asking america to chant ‘Jai Sri Ram,’ but our majhab (religion) is different. If idiosyncratic asked you to recite the Kalma, would you bash it?”

Speaking to The Indian Express implicit phone, Ali Mohammed Mir, said the incidental took spot connected November 23 and helium ne'er wanted the incidental to beryllium blown up similar this. “The winters successful Kashmir are precise harsh. We bargain apparel from Ludhiana and further merchantability these successful Himachal Pradesh,” said Mir, who has been coming to Himachal to merchantability apparel for the past astir 3 decades. “My elder lad is employed with Jammu & Kashmir Police. I bring my younger lad here. This is the archetypal clip erstwhile idiosyncratic forced maine to accidental hamare dharam ka yeh bolo,” helium added. Referring to Sushma arsenic “didi (elder sister), Firdous said she has apologised for her remarks. “We bash not privation to prosecute the matter,” said Firdous.