Remembering Bijbehara Massacre: 80 peaceful protesters killed by Indian Army

[Burhan Wani]

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[Burhan Wani]

Two decades past, memories of gore and blood are still fresh


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Dr. Reyaz Ahmad Ganaie

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It was Friday 22 October 1993, the 8th day of the siege laid by the Indian security forces around the Holy Shrine at Hazratbal Srinagar. As the whole valley was observing protest strike on massive peaceful demonstrations were being held throughout the valley against the siege. The people of Bijbehara town were no exception. On this fateful day the people of the town offered the Friday Congregational Prayers in Jamia Masjid Bijbehara where from a long, but peaceful, procession started marching through the streets of the town. When the procession reached the main road (Srinagar-Jammu national highway), the security personal allowed the whole procession to come out on the National Highway. Then the BSF personal stared indiscriminate firing on the procession from all sides, emptied their magazines and killed 40 persons on the spot, injuring 300.

At the time of incident I was 13. I was one among the thousands in the procession. I got many bullets in my chest and my both hands got critically injuries. It was a day when people drove dead bodies on hand carts. The scene of my mother beating her chest and pulling her hair is still fresh in my mind. I was lifted by one of my neighbors, Gulab Khan and Mohammad Ramzan Ganaie, and they tried to approach towards the hospital. On the way several people came out of their houses to inquire about the firing including my mother. When she saw me in blood, she cried. I only told her that I got bullets on my whole body & I will not survive now. When we tried to enter the hospital premises the BSF personals at the hospital gate did not allow us to do so, but my mother shouted at them, “kill me or allow us to enter the hospital”. After witnessing this the BSF personals left the place and allowed us to enter the hospital but there was no facility available and we were asked to go to the district hospital, Islamabad. On our way to the district hospital we were stopped by the security forces at the Padshahi Bagh, Bijbehara, just 300 meters away from the site of incident. They started asking what happened as if they were unaware of the incident. They even asked all the injured to come out of the vehicle but the people who were accompanying us agitated and started sloganeering which infuriated the security forces and they started firing on the vehicle carrying the injured. Some how we left the place. At Khannabal, we were again stopped by the Army asking for our identity, and when they saw the injured in the vehicle they started asking about the incident and wasted our time. Finally we reached the district hospital wherefrom we were moved to Srinagar in a truck. After reaching back to Bijbehara, few more people accompanied us, and we started approaching towards Srinagar. At Sangam bridge we were again stopped by the security forces for few minutes and this process continued till we reached Srinagar. When we reached SMHS hospital all the injured persons were taken to the operation theatre except me as the doctors found least chances of my survival. I was crying, asking doctors to remove the bullets from my chest but all in vain. Finally, I was the last one to be operated upon. All these memories are still fresh in my mind. After a few days many of the injured, who were operated before me, and had better chances of survival, died. Amongst the killed was a 13 year old local Kashmiri Pandit boy namely Kamal Ji Koul who had also joined the peaceful procession. However, after the death of the Pandit boy his family left the valley & migrated to Jammu.

On the next day authorities imposed curfew in Bijbehara for several days. Thousands of troops were deployed in the town. Even photo journalists was not allowed in the town. The town is unable to forget the 22 October incident despite the passage of two decades. Today is the 24th anniversary of the Bijbehara massacre. After the incident the government as routine ordered a magisterial enquiry, but justice still eludes the victims.



Dr. Reyaz Ahmad Ganaie, survival of the Bijbehara massacre, is Ph.D. from Pondicherry Central University.

 

[Burhan Wani]

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[Joe Shearer]

The Indian Army was nowhere involved in this.

 

[war&peace]

death to 7 lac occupier ganga swines.

Amen!!!

Indian security forces are rogue terrorist outfits and uniformed versions of RSS.

 

[Burhan Wani]

The Indian Army was nowhere involved in this.

Can we say them Indian forces?
If Indian Army were not involved in this then WTH they were doing in Kashmir safeguarding Kashmiri pandits?

 

[war&peace]

Can we say them Indian forces?
If Indian Army were not involved in this then WTH they were doing in Kashmir safeguarding Kashmiri pandits?

Come on...those were Pakistani army soldiers in indian army uniforms. Do you know that 700,000 Pakistani soldiers are in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir?

The best way is to play with the words and drown the thread into fine intricacies of the diction and grammar ...

It was not indian army...as if BSF is not part of indian security forces and military, after all 80 protestors killed have no value..especially when 1500 times more people have been killed by indian terrorist forces. After all Kashmiris are not humans for an Indian, they are terrorists.

I find this poem by Rafeef Ziadeh very relevant here

@django @tps77 @PakSword @SherDil @Dawood Ibrahim

 

[django]

Come on...those were Pakistani army soldiers in indian army uniforms. Do you know that 700,000 Pakistani soldiers are in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir?

The best way is to play with the words and drown the thread into fine intricacies of the diction and grammar ...

It was not indian army...as if BSF is not part of indian security forces and military, after all 80 protestors killed have no value..especially when 1500 times more people have been killed by indian terrorist forces. After all Kashmiris are not humans for an Indian, they are terrorists.

I find this poem by Rafeef Ziadeh very relevant here

@django @tps77 @PakSword @SherDil @Dawood Ibrahim

Deeply moving.Kudos bro and nice share.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Amen!!!

Indian security forces are rogue terrorist outfits and uniformed versions of RSS.

Only 240,000 Indian Army soldiers and other non-Kashmiri policemen. Don't repeat nonsense that you've heard or read but not verified.

 

[war&peace]

Deeply moving.Kudos bro and nice share.

I can't believe that some humans can be so insensitive that correct grammar and names become more valuable than the human life. and if we correct the grammar, will such people condemn the killings of innocent Kashmiris?? I guess no...

 

[Joe Shearer]

Come on...those were Pakistani army soldiers in indian army uniforms. Do you know that 700,000 Pakistani soldiers are in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir?

The best way is to play with the words and drown the thread into fine intricacies of the diction and grammar ...

It was not indian army...as if BSF is not part of indian security forces and military, after all 80 protestors killed have no value..especially when 1500 times more people have been killed by indian terrorist forces. After all Kashmiris are not humans for an Indian, they are terrorists.

I find this poem by Rafeef Ziadeh very relevant here

@django @tps77 @PakSword @SherDil @Dawood Ibrahim

Looks like you're the one playing with words. The Indian Army is the Indian Army. Central armed police forces come under the Home Ministry, follow the ranks and pay-scales of civilian employees, NOT of soldiers, use different arms and are led by IPS officers.

Get your facts straight.

 

[H!TchHiker]

The fact that instead of condemning the brutal act by government/state forces, selective words are being chosen to criticize the commentary.Nothing on subject involved is being said ..This happen when one has no logical excuse of killing people..
Dogra Raj legacy of killing people is still continue to date in Kashmir..No of people killed , disappeared , raped and blinded under the nose of Professional Indian Army by Indian Armed forces speaks the standards set for this region..
Indian Army undoubtedly has professionalism in its dealing unless it comes to deal with this specif region..
Alas but Since there used to be a coup in Pakistan so lets not speak of that..Justification one must amazed at

 

[war&peace]

Despite what you claim, our army is not known to be rogue. Not even one coup since independence!
How will you ever prove your claim?
I mean why would the so called>>>

never think of coup?

We all know who went rogue.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

And again another without a single a word of condemnation the heinous act and sympathy for the victims... shameless double faced pathological liars...check guys their inhuman minds @django @Burhan Wani @tps77 @Dawood Ibrahim @SherDil @PakSword

 

[PakSword]

And again another without a single a word of condemnation the heinous act and sympathy for the victims... shameless double faced pathological liars...check guys their inhuman minds @django @Burhan Wani @tps77 @Dawood Ibrahim @SherDil @PakSword

What do you expect from #TerrorMata and #TerroristArmy ?

Terrorists never condemn terror acts..

The Indian Army was nowhere involved in this.

Kashmiris killed themselves.. mass suicide..

 

[Joe Shearer]

What do you expect from #TerrorMata and #TerroristArmy ?

Terrorists never condemn terror acts..



Kashmiris killed themselves.. mass suicide..

Being sarcastic is fine; being stupid is not. I have clearly said what it is not. I have nowhere said that they killed themselves. Read my post once again before commenting fatuously.