A Kashmir youth who escaped from police custody two weeks ago has released a video, in which he says oppression forced him to join militancy. The youth, Zubair Ahmad Turray, has said in the video that he was in jail for four years under the Public Safety Act on the charge of stone-pelting. “The reasons for my escape were painful but oppression forced me to do it… I had no other option,” he said. “Whenever I knocked the door of the high court, whenever my respected father made efforts (for my release) and a PSA case was quashed, they would slap another PSA case against me. Independent legislator Engineer Rashid has met CM Mehbooba Mufti and demanded action against the police officers who forced Turray to take up arms.

Source: Indian Express May 15, 2017 22:18 UTC