Kashmir Freedom Front (KFF) has strongly denounced the raid by police lead by SHO Pulwama on the residence of the party Chairman, Syed Bashir Andrabi, at Ratnipora in Pulwama.

The KFF spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar said that a contingent of the police raided the house of Syed Bashir Andrabi at 1130 PM in the night and harassed the inmates. He said that such oppressive tactics by the occupation forces belied India’s tall claims of being a democratic country.

The spokesman said that through torture, harassment, arrests, restrictions and other brutal tactics, India had failed to suppress the people of Jammu and Kashmir and they were determined to continue the struggle for securing their right to self-determination till complete success. He said that as a gesture of goodwill political prisons were released in all parts of the world on special occasions; however, in Kashmir pro-freedom leadership and people were being caged ahead of Eid-ul-Azha which exposed the real undemocratic face of India.

The spokesman demanded immediate release of all Kashmiri political prisoners before Eid-ul-Azha so that they could celebrate this auspicious occasion with their families.