Srinagar, Aug 03 : Member Parliament from Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary constituency Syed Aga Ruhullah Mehdi Saturday said he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi and sought the release of hundreds of prisoners from J&K who are languishing in various jails outside the UT without trial.
“Met the HMO India yesterday evening and asked him for the release of the hundreds of prisoners of J&K who are held without trials for years now. And also asked for the transfer of those who are under trials and not convicted yet, to the jails of J&K,” the Srinagar MP wrote on X, formerly known as twitter, as per news agency—Kashmir News Corner (KNC).
Ruhullah also submitted a representation to the Home Minister that reads, “I as the representative of people of J&K would like to bring to your notice that several of our people have been incarcerated from different parts of the Valley. Where in many of them are convicted, under trails 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 believe their release to be imperative and call young the government to release the prisoners without a trial at the earliest.”
The letter further reads that also, the weather conditions of the Kashmir province of Jammu and Kashmir are different from the rest of the nation, those prisoners who are convicted or are under tail should be shifted to the valley on humanitarian aspects. It is also difficult for the relatives of these prisoners to meet them in the different parts of the country both physically and financially—(KNC)
