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| SC tells states, UTs to promptly act against assault, social boycott of Kashmiris post-Pulwama attack | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Feb 22: The Supreme Court Friday directed chief secretaries and DGPs of states and Union Territories to ensure "prompt" action to prevent any incidents of violence or intimidation and social boycott of Kashmiris and other minority communities in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and Sanjiv Khanna issued a notice to the Centre, 11 states and the UTs on a petition seeking direction to protect Kashmiris against alleged assaults and social boycott. The chief secretaries, the DGPs and the Delhi Police Commissioner are directed to take prompt and necessary action to prevent incidents of threat, assault, social boycott etc. against Kashmiris and other minorities," the bench was quoted as saying.
The court asked the Centre to give publicity to nodal officers after they are appointed in every state so that the instances of violence, attack, social boycott etc can be brought to their notice so that they can take timely action. Attorney General K K Venugopal told the court that the Centre had already taken steps and issued advisories.
The Supreme Court order comes two days after Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar dismissed reports of alleged harassment of Kashmiri students outside their state. "There is massive anger in the country against the Pulwama terror attack. However, I want to clarify that what you are trying to say (about Kashmiri students being attacked) is not true. We are in touch with all institutes and no such incident has happened," Javadekar had said, |
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