SHOPIAN ADMN REFUTES CLAIMS OF PERSONS THROWN OUT OF LG’s MEETING AS FALSE & MALICIOUS

SHOPIAN JULY 16:- Following the release of a video on social media where one person has claimed that his deputation was thrown out of LG’s meeting in Shopian as completely false, malicious & baseless. Earlier today a video surfaced on a facebook page of one person namely Javed Qadri who claimed that he along with some sarpanches were supposed to meet the LG but were ‘kicked and thrown out’ of the venue. He also claims that the Officers told him that they ‘will not allow hindutva and hindus to spread in Shopian’ and that ‘this was done to subjugate their party’.

The Administration clarified that the above mentioned person along with some sarpanches were indeed listed to meet the LG at Mini Secretariat, Shopian where all deputations were called subject to a limit of maximum 5 persons per deputation in view of COVID Restrictions & social distancing norms. Qadri arrived at the venue with 20+ people and was told by the LG’s SSP security & Director SSL that they must limit the number just like others. Said persons immediately started shouting & creating a ruckus in response and spilt into the road while raising slogans. Some officers even followed them out & agreed to let them all meet the LG in batches but they continued the racketeering. The Deputy Commissioner, Shopian stated in a video that he did not even meet the said persons at any point during the day as he was inside the hall attending to the Honb’le LG, Advisor etc, let alone kick them out or make any comments against any religious community. He also stated that such a fictitious and malicious claim has the potential to disturb the communal harmony of the District and inviting of charges of spreading libel and slander.