Suspected thief tied to police vehicle in Jammu, Mirwaiz asks: ‘Is this how Kashmiris will be treated in their own land?’
A day after the Jammu and Kashmir Police allegedly paraded a 24-year-old youth shirtless on the bonnet of a police vehicle for alleged theft in Jammu, Hurriyat chairman and Valley’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq demanded to know if this is how Kashmiris will be treated in their own land.
“Is this how Kashmiris will be treated in their own land? Stripped of human dignity! Paraded and shamed,” Mirwaiz said on X. “Actually, it’s a shame on the system and mindset that actively participates to humiliate people on the basis of religion and region”.
On Tuesday, the police arrested a 24-year-old man from the Kashmir Valley from the premises of a government hospital in Jammu for an alleged theft. The youth was garlanded with slippers and allegedly paraded shirtless on the bonnet of a police vehicle while his hands were tied behind his back.
After the video of the parade went viral on social media and drew criticism against police for acting like a mob, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jammu Joginder Singh ordered a departmental inquiry into the incident.
Is this how Kashmiri’s will be treated in their own land? Stripped of human dignity! Paraded and shamed! Actually it’s a shame on the system and mindset that actively participates to humiliate people on the basis of religion and region. And this is not the first time. One Major… https://t.co/eUgXMmFOxN
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) June 25, 2025
In his post, Mirwaiz drew parallels between the incident and one from 2017 when an army major tied a civilian to an army jeep and paraded him through different villages of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
“And this is not the first time. One Major Gogoi is notorious for similar brutality,” Mirwaiz said. “Ruling authority and Elected representatives must punish all those involved and bring the perpetrators to book”.
