BY MOHD MAJID MALIK ,Kishtwar Dec 12:- local peoples and shopkeepers of Malik Market Kishtwar strongly condemn the assault on one of the prominent citizen from Kishtwar, Khurshid Ahmed Malik a retired District Youth Services and Sports Officer from Kishtwar. According to the reports, the local peoples and some shopkeepers informed Malik that the tenant, who operates a Wisdom Coaching Institute with in the room at Malik Market Kishtwar belongs to his family were involved in immoral activities. They informed him that, the lecturer who Sanjeet Sharma son of Des Raj Sharma resident of Berra Bhatta Kishtwar, a lecturer by profession posted at Higher Secondary School Chatroo, on routine bases, called off the tuition classes except one girl and remain with her hours together till late in the evening. After hearing the allegation made by the locals, Malik along with some shopkeepers went to the coaching institute and knocked the door, which were bullet locked from inside. After found no response from inside for some time, he again knocked the door, as a result of which Sanjeet Sharma came outside and after being inquired, Sanjeet Sharma informed him that the girl who was inside is my (Sanjeet) cousin sister. The Malik informed Sanjeet Sharma, that “if the girl was his cousin sister then he must go to his home and teacher her, as this practice will create some misunderstanding among the locals and threaten him that they will inform the police. The accused girl after hearing the arguments for sometime and thinking about the police action, the girl in order to save his skin came outside the room and assault on Khurshid Malik and flee from the spot. Malik receive injury on his nose by this assault from the girl and similarly the matter was brought into the notice of Kishtwar police, who already booked several people in this regard, but not in this case, the reason best known to them.
The matter not only stop hear, the said teacher instigate the students of coaching institute who lodging a protest against the owner of the building, who locked the coaching institute being as his owner and also attack on another coaching institute building on the pretest of this teacher, who in order to save his skin not only tries to malign the image teacher profession but also tries to level serious allegation on one of the prominent citizen of Kishtwar, who was reputedly known not only among the locals of Kishtwar District but also among the people of state.
Meanwhile the local public of Kishtwar demands for stern action against the lecturers or teachers, who were involved in tuition business at the cost of the education of poor students studying in far-flung areas of Kishtwar District and demands for inquiry into the matter, beside regular checking of teachers and lecturer during school times, so that the illegal menace tuition business could be curbed, which will definitely help the poor students, who can not efforts the tuition fee for private coaching institutes.
