Srinagar, Oct 05: Terming Kashmir as a police state, APHC on Saturday said that the state police subjected a high level hurriyat delegation from public affairs cell to worst treatment.

The spokesman said the delegation comprising of hurriyat’s public affairs cell leaders including Hakim Abdul Rashid, Abdul Rashid Untoo, Imtiyaz Ahmad Reshi, and Yasin mohamamd Malik were arriving from Sheeri Uri, a day after concluding the public contact programme, when they were intercepted by the contingents of police at pattan.

The spokesman said the delegates were kept in Pattan police station lock-up and then shifted back to Sheeri police station.

Completely ignoring the Muslim and basic human values, spokesman said that at Pattan police station the hurriyat leaders were treated as petty criminals and subjected to mental torture.

Sternly denouncing the unacceptable police action on hurriyat leaders, spokesman stressed that government should bear in mind that hurriyat represents the real aspirations and emotions of Kashmiri people. He said that the way the leaders were terrorized and oppressed, restrictions were put on their political activities, only reflects the policy of political retribution undertaken by the state against the hurriyat leaders.

The spokesman said that such despotic measures could never dislodge hurriyat leaders from undertaking the cause for which lakhs of people have laid their lives and property.