September 18, 1999
Four Kashmiris killed in cold blood,
Severe Government Coercion in Indian Election polling

Today in Baramulla, the government of India made true on a threat by
its puppet leader in Kashmir, Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, to "use
the armed forces and drag the people out of their homes and vote at
gunpoint". This threat was made since the Indian government is angry
about the successful people's boycott of Indian elections held thus far
to voice their demand for independence.

In all most every localities, journalists saw people being dragged from
their homes and voting at gunpoint. People were seen being beaten, and
dozens were arrested and taken to detention centers. In those areas
where villagers resisted voting and non-violently protested, the Indian
army used lethal force firing into crowds of Kashmiri men, women, and
children. In the towns of Shilvath three innocent civilians were shot
in cold blood and in Haigam, a 17 year-old boy was killed when Indian
forces fired into another protesting crowd.
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The Pioneer Delhi 19 September, 1999
Eight killed in J&K Security men "force" people to caste vote

PNS ADDS FROM SRINAGAR: At least eight persons including two ITBP men
were killed and scores injured in the incidents of firing and explosions
that marred the polling for Baramulla parliamentary constituency in
Kashmir.

Three persons were killed in Shilwat village in Sumbal Assembly segment
when security forces allegedly opened fire on the residents following
their refusal to cast their votes. The residents alleged that columns of
Rashtriya Rifles swooped on the village and ordered the local people to
come out of their houses to cast their votes. The residents opposed them
and raisd slogans, which enraged the forces. They opened fire and eight
persons were allegedly hit by bullets, of whom three got killed.
However, an Army spokesman said that securitymen opened fire in
self-defence when some people attemted to snach their weapons.

A 17-year-old boy was killed under similar conditions at Hiagam village
in Sangrama Assembly segment. He was identified as Altaf Hussain. The
residents alleged that security forces herded out all the villagers,
including small boys and girls from their houses and asked them to vote.
When people resented, they were allegedly fired upon, resulting in the
death of one boy. The residents took out a massive protest march and
staged dharna on Srinagar Baramullah highway. They kept the body of the
boy on the highway for more than an hour.

Two person were injured in another incident of coercion of voters at
Tarzoo near sopore. Reports of use of force by securitymen
came from almost everywhere in the constituency. People in Langate,
Kalamabad, Kulangam, Chogal, Sopore, Seelu, Pattan,
Bandipora, Uri and several others places alleged that they
were dragged out by security forces to vote. A team of
mediapersons including this corespondent saw a BSF party led by DIG DS
Tiwana herding out people to polling booths at Palpora Qaziabad in
Langate. At Kulangam, the scene was same, as jawans of Rashtriya Rifles
were engaged in forcing people to vote.

In village Zungam in Pattan Assembly segment, Army personnel were seen
making the rounds and knocking at the doors of local residents and
asking them to come out and vote. When mediapersons wanted to know from
one of the officers as to why they were coercing people out of their
houses, he retorted, "Yeh Ghar main baithne Ka Time Nahi Hai" (This is
not the time to sit inside the house). A woman alleged that she was
beaten up when she refused to vote.

NC leader and party polling agent Ghulam Hassan Shikari was shot dead on
Saturday afternoon by militants at village Keegam in Kupwara district,
police said. In a major strike to enforce poll boycott, militants
attacked Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel posted at a polling
station at Ajas, 40 km from here, killing two of its jawans and wounding
three others, the sources said.
 

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The Asian Age Delhi 19 September, 1999
Shadow of fear, spark of anger in Kashmir Valley

By Yusuf Jameel
Baramulla: Never before has this ancient town in the narrow Jhelum
valley seen as much tension as it did on Saturday. Hundreds of
gun-wielding securitymen swarmed the otherwise deserted streets -some
manning drop-gates and checkpoints laid at short distances. Others stood
guard behind sandbagged bunkers. Very few of the 50,000 voters here
ventured out to vote.

At Khanpora, only 151 out of 2,347 registered voters
had cast their vote in the first three hours of polling. The enthusiasm
among the voters witnessed during the last election was missing.
However, most of the voters said they had come to vote to support their
neighbour, Khan-pora is the birthplace of Prof. Saifuddin Soz who is
seeking re-election from Baramulla. Some, however, alleged that they
were coerced to vote. "Last evening and also this morning soldiers
threatened from the mosque loudspeakers that people without indelible
ink mark on their fingers would be seen as a terrorist and treated as
such," said Sheikh Abdul Qayyum as he emerged out of a booth behind the
tomb of sufi saint Syed Mohammad Rufayee Qadiri or
Janbaz Wali. Chaos persisted at the polling booths.
Some of the voters were complaining that their names were missing from
the electoral list. An ailing woman was escorted and brought in by two
other elderly women. A young man, apparently aware of their political
affiliation, guided them how to cast their vote and pointed out a
particular election symbol. Neither the polling officers nor the people
objected to this. The shabby building of government boys middle school
at Bangla Bagh had seven polling booths with 5,067 voters. Only 13 votes
had been polled till 10.30 am. There were at least six checkpoints and
drop-gates along the road to neighbouring Sopore, with tight security
checks.

The killing of two local traders by CRPF men at Sopore in reprisal to a
militant attack which had left 26 policemen injured earlier this week,
has driven up the tension rate in this apple-rich town. Not a single
vote had been cast by midday, nor were any election agents present. On
the way to Srinagar, about 1,500 men and women were squatting on the
highway, at Haigam, wailing "Ya Hussain, Ya Hussain." In the middle of
the crowd was the body of a 17-year-old boy - Altaf Hussain Mir - whose
parents and neighbours alleged that he was shot dead by troops who
descended on this predominantly Shia village on Saturday morning to
coerce them to vote.

"They came and began herding us out to the polling station but we
resisted and they began to fire volleys in the air," said an elderly
protestor. Mir had told the soldiers that he wasn't a voter. One of them
started hitting him, another shot him in the abdomen, the witnesses
said. When the villagers protested, an officer told them that his
juniors had been fired upon from the rear and in the melee one of them
triggered off his gun.

However, at the Pattan township, a large number of voters had turned up
at two main polling booths and none of them had a complaint. At one of
these, activists of National Conference were ensuring that their
candidate Abdur Rashid Shaheen gets all the votes. Their counterparts
from other parties looked helpless. Pattan is Mr Shaheen's hometown.
Up in Tangmarg, several voters said they were using their democratic
right out of their free will.

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