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Indian Army's 'human shield' Farooq Ahmed Dar now lives as an outsider in his own village
Updated Apr 10, 2018 | 10:43 IST | PTI
Boycotted by villagers branding him a government agent and chastising him for going to vote, he says he is suffering from insomnia and depression. Unable to find a job, even as a manual labourer, the 28-year-old says his life was upended exactly 12 months ago.
Indian Army's 'human shield' Farooq Ahmed Dar now lives as an outsider in his own village
Photo Courtesy: TOI Archives
Unable to find a job, even as a manual labourer, the 28-year-old says his life was upended exactly 12 months ago.
An embroidery artisan till a year ago when he was propped on a jeep as a "human shield" by soldiers against stone-pelters, Farooq Ahmed Dar says he is a broken man, shunned by neighbours, struggling to pick up the threads of his life. Boycotted by villagers branding him a government agent and chastising him for going to vote, he says he is suffering from insomnia and depression. Unable to find a job, even as a manual labourer, the 28-year-old says his life was upended exactly 12 months ago.
On April 9 last year, a team led by Major Leetul Gogoi tied Farooq Ahmed Dar to the bonnet of an army jeep to escape stone throwing in central Kashmir's Budgam district. The image went on to make headlines and put civilian-security ties in the valley in the spotlight. It was election day in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency and Farooq Ahmed Dar says he was on his way to cast his vote, braving the boycott call by separatist organisations. Eight people were killed in police firing on the day.
Investigations by central agencies and the local police backed Dar's account of events of the day, countering the army's claim that he was a stone-pelter. Investigations found he was on his way to his sister's place for a condolence visit after voting when the army picked him up and beat him before tying him with ropes and parading him through nearly 28 villages.
"What was my mistake? Going to the polling booth and casting my ballot?" Dar said during an interview with PTI. "I am unable to sleep. Even medicines are ineffective. No one is giving me any work."
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Farooq Ahmed Dar said he faced social boycott as people in his village Chill, in Budgam district, had distanced themselves after they learnt he had participated in the election process.
"I regret going out of my house on that day," he said in Kashmiri. One among five siblings, Farooq Ahmed Dar, whose father passed away a few years ago, said "I am not a politician nor do I intend to become one. But if casting a ballot is crime, who is going to come out to vote," Dar said.
http://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-...ives-as-an-outsider-in-his-own-village/215766
Updated Apr 10, 2018 | 10:43 IST | PTI
Boycotted by villagers branding him a government agent and chastising him for going to vote, he says he is suffering from insomnia and depression. Unable to find a job, even as a manual labourer, the 28-year-old says his life was upended exactly 12 months ago.
Indian Army's 'human shield' Farooq Ahmed Dar now lives as an outsider in his own village
Photo Courtesy: TOI Archives
Unable to find a job, even as a manual labourer, the 28-year-old says his life was upended exactly 12 months ago.
An embroidery artisan till a year ago when he was propped on a jeep as a "human shield" by soldiers against stone-pelters, Farooq Ahmed Dar says he is a broken man, shunned by neighbours, struggling to pick up the threads of his life. Boycotted by villagers branding him a government agent and chastising him for going to vote, he says he is suffering from insomnia and depression. Unable to find a job, even as a manual labourer, the 28-year-old says his life was upended exactly 12 months ago.
On April 9 last year, a team led by Major Leetul Gogoi tied Farooq Ahmed Dar to the bonnet of an army jeep to escape stone throwing in central Kashmir's Budgam district. The image went on to make headlines and put civilian-security ties in the valley in the spotlight. It was election day in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency and Farooq Ahmed Dar says he was on his way to cast his vote, braving the boycott call by separatist organisations. Eight people were killed in police firing on the day.
Investigations by central agencies and the local police backed Dar's account of events of the day, countering the army's claim that he was a stone-pelter. Investigations found he was on his way to his sister's place for a condolence visit after voting when the army picked him up and beat him before tying him with ropes and parading him through nearly 28 villages.
"What was my mistake? Going to the polling booth and casting my ballot?" Dar said during an interview with PTI. "I am unable to sleep. Even medicines are ineffective. No one is giving me any work."
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Farooq Ahmed Dar said he faced social boycott as people in his village Chill, in Budgam district, had distanced themselves after they learnt he had participated in the election process.
"I regret going out of my house on that day," he said in Kashmiri. One among five siblings, Farooq Ahmed Dar, whose father passed away a few years ago, said "I am not a politician nor do I intend to become one. But if casting a ballot is crime, who is going to come out to vote," Dar said.
http://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-...ives-as-an-outsider-in-his-own-village/215766
