Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): The beleaguered families of two Kashmiri youth apprehended by Pakistan’s Army on charges of spying today said they were not spies and appealed to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to release them on humanitarian grounds.
The parents said that their children were only ordinary citizens of Kashmir who would work on a daily basis to earn their livelihood.
Pakistan Army yesterday released a video which showed the two youth—Feroz Ahmed Lone and Noor Muhamamd Wani, both residents of Gurez in Bandipora, under its custody.
In the video, the two, surrounded by Pakistan army men, purportedly admit that “they were sent to Pakistan by the Government of India for spying.”
Alarmed by this, Abdur Rahim Lone, father of 29-year-old Feroz, issued a video message today, saying his son went missing in 2018 and they have even lodged a missing complaint with the police.
Abdur Rahim Lone, father of 29-year-old Feroz
“Yesterday, I came to know that he has been arrested by the Pakistan Army on charges of spying and for working for the Indian agencies. My son is not a spy and he should be set free on humanitarian grounds,” said Lone, while appealing to Imran Khan.
Bashir Ahmed Wani, the uncle of Noor Muhammad Wani, another youth, in the custody of Pakistan Army, said that he had to adopt his nephew 20 years ago, after his parents died. “My nephew would earn his livelihood by working in fields and by working as a labourer. Since 2015, he would go out of his home for day job and return after a week and even sometimes after a month,” he told NVI soon after releasing a video message to seek release his nephew.
Bashir Ahmed Wani, uncle of Noor Muhammad Wani
Bashir said his nephew had to quit studies mid-way in order to earn his livelihood.
