13/12/2016
Story of Burhan Wani:In the summer of 2010, three boys , on their redand white Yamaha FZ bike were roaming thestreets of Tral (a town in South Kashmir) when agroup of cops from Special Operations Group(SOG) of J&K police stopped them and askedthem to buy ci******es for them. One of the ladsgot them ci******es and that’s when the forcesstarted beating them mercilessly. One of theboys fell unconscious. Two escaped. Once at adistance, one of the boys shouted, ‘I will avengethis beating’. He was, then fifteen-year-oldBurhan Wani. A brilliant class 10th student wholoved cricket. The boy knocked unconscious washis brother, Khalid Wani. Six months later, Burhanleft home one evening and never came back.Kashmir "A state with cases of involuntary andenforced disappearances,One Lakh Killings,unmarked graves, half widows, and countlesshuman rights abuses".The assault, humiliation, and torture of hisbrother created a deeper resentment in him forthe Indian Government.Burhan joined separatist militant groups at theage of 15 and was made a member by HizbulMujahideen in 2011. Due to his popularity onsocial media for posting videos on social mediawhich found great appeal in the youngerpopulation of Kashmir, he rapidly rose throughthe ranks to become the commander of Hizbulmujahidin.In April 2015, Khalid Wani(Burhan's ElderBrother), post graduate in Economics, wastortured to death by the army in the forests ofTral. For, Khalid was not a militant: He wascaught while returning from a meeting with hisyounger brother.Burhan Wani was just 15 years old when he lefthis home to join militancy six years ago. By thetime of his death, on July 8,2016. He hadbecome a household name in Kashmir, anarrative of heroism for the people, a legend, ahero on the righteous path, a religious man whofeared Allah but a fearless fighter for the causeof freedom.An estimated 1.5 - 2.0 Lakh people offeredfuneral prayers of # BurhanWani . 323 newbornbabies named after him. Every being in valley ismourning his death since Friday. 21 youngstersprotesting against the Burhan's Killing weremartyred in Burhan Backlash.A man can either be free or he is not, there cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom. InKashmir, Indian security forces are committingworst human rights violations.The license forkilling is given by the central government in theform of AFSPA. I personally agree that gun isnot a solution but it's very difficult to make themunderstand whose fathers/brothers were killed,whose mothers and sisters were r***d bysecurity forces.There is a saying by Nelson Mandela, “When aman is denied the right to live the life hebelieves in, he has no choice but to become anoutlaw.” —
