US EditionKashmiri Shawl Seller Assault Sparks Calls for Action in Uttarakhand
Tabish Ahmed, 17, suffered serious head and arm injuries after being assaulted for his identity; police filed an FIR and student groups demand swift accountability.
- On Wednesday, Tabish Ahmed, a 17-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller, was assaulted in Vikas Nagar near Dehradun while selling shawls with his cousin, who escaped with minor injuries.
- Allegedly, the attack began after he told assailants he was Muslim and from Kashmir, fitting a wider pattern of harassment against Kashmiri traders and students in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
- Medical reports show head injuries and a fractured left arm after the beating; he received 11 stitches and was shifted from a local hospital to Doon Hospital in Dehradun.
- Uttarakhand police registered an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, while Deepam Seth, DGP of Uttarakhand, assured JKSA of the strongest possible action and JKSA urged the Union Home Minister and Chief Minister of Uttarakhand to intervene.
- Repeated assaults have created fear among Kashmiri students and traders outside Jammu and Kashmir, and Jammu and Kashmir Students Association national convenor Nasir Khuehami called the FIR a welcome step but demanded time‑bound, transparent and exemplary accountability.
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