Student injured in stone pelting, Will CM Mehbooba Mufti recall amnesty to stone pelters

Our braves bleed in the line of duty. Our brothers and sisters bear the brunt day in and day out. And our children are not spared either. And end up paying the price for naked appeasement. Today, a school bus carrying 50 inncocent children in Shopian in South Kashmir came in the line of unpredented attack of the stone pelting brigade. Three children - including a Class II student suffered grievious injuries. Even as we speak, the 6-year-old is recuperating in a local hospital. This, protesting the killing of of two terrorists including their Commander Sameer Commander in neighbouring Pulwama. As India erupted in ager at this dastardly attack, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti - who had earlier rolled out the amnesty scheme for close to 10,000-odd stone pelters in the state in a bid to mainstream misguided youth - said perpetrators of this senseless and cowardly act will be brought to justice soon. Condemning the attack on the children, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah appeared upset at the kid-gloves meted out to the pelters. "How does pelting stones on school children or tourist buses help advance the agenda of these stone pelters? These attacks deserve our unequivocal condemnation & this tweet is mine," Omar wrote on his Twitter handle. National Conference spokesman Junaid Mattu also condemned the incident and took a dig at separatists, saying “One would expect (Syed Ali Shah) Geelani and Mirwaiz (Umer Farooq) to take a conscientious call and condemn stone pelting while reserving the right to espouse their political ideologies through non-violence. You can’t claim the moral high ground while refusing to condemn this unequivocally.” Director General of Police S P Vaid said, “Complete madness how stone pelters are targeting young school children. These criminals will face the law.” This cowardly attack buy Pakistan proxies triggered a massive debate on the amnesty scheme for stone pelters and whether it is right to treat those who attack India with velvet gloves.