'Don't Justify Terrorism': India slams OIC for criticising Yasin Malik's sentencing

Coming down heavily on the Orgnisation of Islamic Cooperation for its criticism of judgment in the terror funding case involving Terrorist Yasin Malik, Indians described OIC's comment as unacceptable. Issuing a statement it said that the OIC has implicitly expressed support for the terrorist activities.

 

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi made this remark while responding to the media queries on the comment made by OCI-IPHRC. Bagchi said India finds the comments unacceptable. "India finds unacceptable the comments made by OIC-IPHRC today criticising India for the judgment in the case of Yasin Malik", Bagchi said.

 

"Through these comments, OIC-IPHRC has implicitly expressed support for the terrorist activities of Yasin Malik, which were documented and presented in the Court. The world seeks zero tolerance of terrorism and we urge OIC not to justify it in any manner," he said, adding, "the world seeks zero tolerance of terrorism and we urge OIC not to justify it in any manner".

 

 

It should be noted that National Investigation Agency courts on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik, a terrorist from Jammu and Kashmir, in a terror funding case saying the crimes committed by him struck at the "heart of the idea of India" and were intended to forcefully secede Jammu & Kashmir from Union of India.

 

Special Judge Praveen Singh awarded varying jail terms to Malik for offenses under the stringent anti-terror law--Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the IPC, rejecting the NIA's plea for capital punishment.

 

The NIA court while sentencing life imprisonment to Malik also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh. He was sentenced to life imprisonment twice. NIA had sought the death penalty for the terrorist leader who was convicted on May 19. Malik had told the court that he was not contesting the charges levelled against him.

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