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Fearing repetition of Chattisinghpora like massacre, APSCC urge Sikhs in Kashmir to remain vigilant during Obama’s visit

January 23, 2015 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

Srinagar: Fearing the repetition of Chattisinghpora 2000 like massacre during the visit of US president Barack Obama, a Sikh organisation yesterday (Jan. 22) asked Sikhs of Kashmir to remain vigilant.

All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) urged the people of Kashmir to stay vigilant and united and to foil any attempts to target the minority communities in the valley ahead of the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.

“We apprehend that members of minority community may be targeted by the people with vested interests to create fear-psychosis among the masses,” APSCC chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina said.

He said people should remain vigilant so that such eventuality is avoided and there is no disturbance in Kashmir. “Members of both majority and minorities communities are living in harmony and they should continue to do so without any confusion”, he added.

“During the visit of then US President Bill Clinton in March 2000, 35 Sikhs were killed in Chattisinghpora in Anantnag,” he said.

Raina said people should keep a close watch so that such an act was not repeated. “Almost 15 years have passed ever since Chattisinghpora incident took place but till date people who killed those innocents have not been identified.

No probe was ordered in the incident and truth never came out. Then US President in a book authored by him later on expressed apologies that it was due to his visit that innocent Sikhs got killed in Kashmir,” he added.

Raina said when US president Barack Obama visited India in November 2010, Sikhs living in Upalna and Hutmurah villages of Baramulla and Anantnag districts respectively got terrified when some people knocked at their doors in the dead of the night. “No probe was ordered into the matter to unravel the truth and mystery continues till today,” he said.

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Related Topics: Chattisinghpora Massacre, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikhs in Jammu and Kashmir

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