SRINAGAR: Demanding the disbanding of Village Defence Committees (VDC) Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq said that VDCs are the root cause for communal disharmony in Jammu and Kashmir.
He condemned the Kishtwar incident and appealed people to maintain historic brotherhood.
“We strongly condemn the communal clashes and demand impartial probe to nab and punish those involved in such anti social and religious activities,” Mirwaiz told a local news agency, KNS over phone.
He said that information received by him revealed that VDC members were behind the communal clashes.
“VDC members have been found indulged in criminal activities in past. They are the rot cause for communal disharmony and we demand immediate disbanding of it,” said Mirwaiz.
Expressing sympathy with affected families, he said: “I appeal people to maintain historical brotherhood and defeat the nefarious designs of the miscreants.”
Other separatist while condemning the incident have also castigated VDCs and demanded its permanent disbanding and appealed to people to maintain communal harmony.
