Kashmiri shawl seller beaten, robbed in Kapurthala, third incident in 45 days

Nasir Khuehami, nationalist convenor of J&K Students Association posted connected societal media grip that this was a repetition incidental and that Kashmiri shawl sellers, who person importantly contributed to the section system and go portion of the societal fabric, present unrecorded successful changeless fear.

“The alarming inclination of targeting Kashmiri traders continues unabated, creating an ambiance of hatred and intimidation that threatens their businesses and livelihoods,” helium wrote.

Speaking to The Indian Express, SSP Kapurthala, Gaurav Toora, said that cause addicts and petty criminals were progressive successful the 2 incidents successful the past and that the contiguous 1 besides appeared to beryllium connected the aforesaid lines.

“We person arrested 4 radical successful the past attacks and recovered each the belongings which were stolen from the victims. This is not a hatred crime. There is nary different space to these incidents isolated from the intent to rob,” helium said. He added that an FIR has been registered successful the lawsuit astatine City Police Station, Kapurthala adjacent though the incidental took spot connected the borderline jurisdiction of adjoining district. “The DGP has fixed strict instructions connected contiguous registration of FIRs and we volition resoluteness the jurisdiction substance later,” helium said.

The SSP said the shawl sellers often sojourn the villages unsocial which makes them a lucrative people for petty criminals. “We person asked them successful the past to determination successful groups of 6-7 people. The shawls that they transportation are precise costly successful immoderate cases,” helium said. He added that the attackers successful the contiguous lawsuit volition besides beryllium arrested soon.