Bikers spotted waiting outside police stations till late evening in Jammu and Kashmir with cops offering no explanation.
Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized hundreds of two-wheelers in the Valley in the past two days, without giving the bikers any reason why. The political parties have condemned the act and asked the government to take pro-people steps, rather than breaking the 바카라back of people바카라 and crippling them economically.
Jammu and Kashmir Police, which has a very large social media presence and which tweets about almost all its activities, is silent about their recent move across Srinagar and other parts of the Valley.
Till Wednesday evening, scores of bikers were seen outside different police stations, waiting in the hope their mo바카라bikes will be released.
바카라I was going to a bank at about 2.30 pm. I was stopped near Poloview. I thought it was a routine check. Instead, I was directed to ride to the nearby police station, where my bike was seized. I have all the papers and was wearing a helmet as well. The police didn바카라t check anything,바카라 said a person who was waiting outside the Kothibagh police station on Wednesday.
A Class XII student who was returning from his tuition at uptown Jawaharnagar said his scooterette was seized on Wednesday afternoon. 바카라It바카라s 6 pm now, and I바카라m still hoping they will release it,바카라 he said.
Srinagar-based journalist Burhan Bhat took to Twitter to narrate his own experience. He wrote he had been stopped close to the Soura police station in Srinagar, where police confiscated the keys of his two-wheeler. 바카라They asked me to return home, and said some senior police officer had ordered them to get hold of exactly 70 bikes till evening.바카라
Another biker whose bike was seized told Outlook that on Wednesday evening, he was going to the passport office to check the status of his passport application, when he was stopped and his bike was taken to a police station. 바카라I live in Rangreth, on the outskirts of Srinagar. Just now, my father said he wanted to pick me up, but he too fears his bike will be seized if he tries to do so. Meanwhile, my fear is that even if this police station releases my bike, another police station will seize it. I don바카라t know what to do,바카라 he said. He was still outside the police station, anticipating his bike would be released, when he last spoke to Outlook.
Expectedly, the police offensive against mo바카라bikes hit delivery boys the most. The National Conference called the 바카라rampant motorbike seizures바카라 as 바카라undue intimidation바카라. Party spokesperson Ifra Jan said, motorbike seizures by security forces and police is unjustified. 바카라The much-touted 바카라Naya Kashmir바카라 promised on August 5, 2019, has turned out to be a basket of deplorable measures like rampant scanning of bags of women and kids. Unjustified seizure of motorbikes is the newest entry to this list.바카라
She adds: 바카라Needless to say, such measures have a lasting psychological bearing on people, especially on kids, sisters and mothers. Reportedly, the forces are confiscating bikes despite due papers and licenses being produced by their rightful owners, particularly motorcyclists. The anxiety level of people is soaring high due to such unjustified actions.바카라
Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is at present in the Valley, said due to the steep rise in price of petrol, majority of Valley residents prefer two-wheelers to cars. 바카라Our students, employees and others use two-wheelers for financial reasons.
If motorcycles are seized by police, or two-wheelers are not allowed on roads, what will we use for commuting? I condemn these acts,바카라 he said. The government, he said, should take pro-people steps. 바카라These people have suffered immensely in the past 30 years of militancy. Someone has lost a son, father, or brother in every fourth or fifth house here. Their backs are already broken. In this situation, the government should take positive steps and make the atmosphere conducive to development,바카라 he added. The police are yet to respond to the outrage of political parties over the seizures of bikes so far.