States »NortPosted at: May 30 2021 7:43PM CPI(M) expresses shock over Kulgam youth’s suicide, demands time-bound probe
Srinagar, May 30 (UNI) Expressing shock and grief over suicide of a 24-year-old youth in south Kashmir district of Kulgam to highlight the miseries of his family due to non-payment of salary to his father, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Sunday demanded a time-bound probe and fixing of responsibility into the incident.
“The youth, who was a son of a government school teacher, was reportedly forced to take an extreme step after his father was denied salary for the past two years. Even if reports of his father being a former militant are true, it should have been verified before he entered into service,” he said in a statement issued here on Sunday.
Mr Tarigami said media reports have asserted that after verification, the father of the deceased youth was allowed to join the job as part of the government’s rehabilitation policy for former militants. “Why are such people and their families being punished for it now? If somebody has shunned the path of violence 20 years back and returned to the mainstream, he should be allowed to live peacefully,” he said.
The CPI(M) leader said there is a need to hold a proper probe into the incident which led to this teacher’s young son to take such a harsh step. “I hope the Lieutenant Governor of J&K will order a probe into this incident and bring the officers to book whose lackadaisical approach forced the youth to take his life,” he said.
“Such a heartbreaking incident depicts an appalling state of the families whose salaries have been withheld by the government for no sins of theirs. If there are more such employees whose salaries have been withheld on flimsy grounds, it is imperative upon the government to release it without any further delay,” he said.
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