Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Monday expressed serious concern over the reported stone-pelting attack on a Delhi-Srinagar passenger bus in Doraha, Ludhiana in Punjab, late Saturday night.
The Association said it has taken up the matter with the Punjab Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), seeking urgent intervention, accountability, and measures to ensure the safety of Kashmiri passengers travelling through the state.
JKSA national sonvenor Nasir Khuehami said that several miscreants and goons allegedly attacked the Kashmir-bound bus around 11 PM while it was travelling towards Srinagar.
According to the bus driver, Ishfaq Ahmad, the attackers resorted to stone-pelting and smashed the vehicle’s window panes while passengers, including women and children, were asleep inside.
Khuehami strongly condemned the incident, describing repeated attacks on Kashmir-bound vehicles as a serious concern requiring immediate intervention by law-enforcement agencies.
JKSA said Khuehami took up the matter with the Punjab Chief Minister’s Office, including the Media Adviser and Spokesperson, Baltej Pannu and others, and sought their immediate intervention to ensure swift action.
The Association also flagged the incident with the Punjab Chief Secretary and DGP Punjab, seeking their intervention to ensure accountability and strengthen security measures for Kashmiri passengers travelling through the state.
Pannu assured Khuehami that the state government had taken serious note of the incident and that no one would be allowed to intimidate, harass, or target Kashmiri bus drivers or passengers anywhere in Punjab, JKSA said.
It said Pannu also directed the concerned police authorities, including the Commissioner of Police Ludhiana, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), and the Superintendent of Police (Investigation), to intervene and ensure prompt action in the matter.
Following the intervention, SP Investigation informed Khuehami that an FIR (No. 0343) had been registered at Doraha Police Station under Sections 324(4) and 125 of the BNS in connection with the incident. He added that multiple police teams had been constituted to identify and apprehend those responsible, while further investigation and legal proceedings were underway.
