From: Habib Yousafzai <habibyousafzai@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:22 AM
Subject: [bangla-vision] Police bullets paralyze Haneefa for ever
To: pakistan.looted.by.ghq@gmail.com, bangla-vision@yahoogroups.com, Writers_Forum-owner@yahoogroups.com
Kreeri (Varmul), Sept 4: With lush green apple orchards around, a not-so-well macadamized road stretch—nine kilometers to the left of Srinagar-Varmul highway—leads to Kreeri, a small hamlet in the north Kashmir district of Varmul. The serenity of the place, for a while, makes you forget that protesters had made your journey to the hamlet a bit arduous all along the highway. Nor does it give you an idea that this village has just encountered a tragedy. It is only when you encounter the victims of the tragedy that you feel that the eerie silence around is symbolic of the mourning. The hamlet comprises of some 200 odd houses, many of which are constructed of mud. A two-storey house here is home to 35-year old Haneefa and her 12-year old daughter Humaira. As you go inside, you find both of them staring at each other, and in between, both sighing. Haneefa lies on a bed in the corner of a room. Like a statue, she is unable to move any part of her body, except for eyes which keep staring at Humaira, a student of class 6th. Her static position is not only making her family members wail, but indicate the extent of brutality that a Kashmiri can face at the hands of police, ideally meant to ensure the safety of a citizen. Haneefa is paralyzed for life. On July 31, Haneefa demonstrated a defiance of sorts. After hearing about the enforced disappearance of a boy by police, Haneefa couldn't resist. Along with some women in the locality, she took to streets to participate in the protests against the disappearance of 19-year old Syed Farukh Bukhari, whose body was later found in a rivulet on August 10. "I couldn't control my emotions and took to streets to protest Farukh's disappearance. I just left home to give vent to my anger," said Haneefa, who is unable to speak properly. "But police fired on the protesters injuring many, including me." Haneefa sustained five bullets. Four bullets pierced her body while one bullet is still inside. She was immediately referred to SK Institute of Medical Sciences where she was operated upon. But, at the end of the day, doctors declared him of having paraplegia- paralysis of the lower part of the body. Since the day she was discharged from SKIMS, Haneefa, a divorcee, is bed-ridden at her home. Four to five people make her move, if at all she intends to. Bedsores have developed on her body, making the poor family even more worrisome. Those taking care of Haneefa include her three bothers, sister-in-law and aged mother. "Hope she recovers. We want to see her live somehow than nothing," says Haneefa's brother, Abdul Hameed, who is a shopkeeper. The other two brothers don't have anything to do. A non-government organization—Help Poor Voluntary Organization—is taking care of Haneefa's medication and other necessities since the day she was admitted in SKIMS. Police bullets paralyze Haneefa for ever
'After Shooting, Cops Dragged And Beat Her'
FAHEEM ASLAM
After firing, she said, the policemen dragged her and beat her up ruthlessly. "Two young boys came to my rescue and they whisked me away from the spot," Haneefa said.
Haneefa's Discharge Summary reveals that she has sustained firearm injury with splinter injury in left lung, left kidney besides the spinal cord injury. "Multiple penetrating injuries; firearm injury with paraplegia and splinter injury to legs," reads her SKIMS prescription. "Fracture is seen in the posterior elements of her D-6 vertebra. Foreign body is seen in the spinal canal at the level of D-6 vertebra."
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