Ahead of the first anniversary of ghastly Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel had sacrificed their lives, Shazia Kousar wife of martyred CRPF head constable Naseer Ahmed on Sunday accused elder brother of her deceased husband of kidnapping his son and threatening her with dire consequences.
Naseer Ahmad was one of the martyred CRPF personnel from Jammu & Kashmir who was travelling in the CRPF convoy targeted by the suicide bomber of Jaish-e- Mohammad terror outfit on February 14.
Despite running from pillar to post and making rounds of different police stations, in search of justice, frustrated Shazia Kousar on Sunday addressed a press conference in Jammu, where she levelled serious allegations against elder brother of her deceased husband.
Shazia identified her brother-in-law as a serving police officer, Siraj-ud-din, currently serving in Jammu. Narrating her ordeal after her husband sacrificed his life in the service of mother Nation, Shazia Kousar claimed “her brother-in-law has forcefully kidnapped his 12-year-old son for last over four months and not even allowing her to meet him”.
“Whenever I try and meet him in the school or visit him in their house they threaten me and prevent me from meeting him”. She claimed, “Siraj-ud-din is greedy in nature and is doing every thing to grab the compensation money, deposited in the name of my son”.
She even accused him of abusing his authority by influencing the bank officials to block her bank accounts. “At present, I am staying with my parents. My brother-in-law has blocked all my bank accounts. I can not withdraw even pension money. I lost my husband in the Pulwama attack last year. I wanted to organise a tribute ceremony in the memory of my husband but i am struggling to organise the same”. She said, “I appeal to the Government of India and Lt-Governor of Jammu & Kashmir to deliver justice to me and hand over the custody of my minor son to me”.
“I want to raise my children the way my husband wanted me to do so”. Paying solemn tribute to her husband, Shazia Kousar said, “he was a very simple and loving person. He always loved me and took good care of our children”.
When contacted, Siraj-ud-din told The Pioneer, “ after my younger brother sacrificed his life in the line of duty i completed all the formalities to ensure compensation, announced by the Government and help extended by large number of common people, NGO's, celebrities, come in handy to secure future of his children”.
Siraj-ud Din claimed, after Government awarded compensation family members of my brothers wife directed me not to stay in touch with her and her children.
He said i had advised her to invest the money in separate Fixed deposits in her own name along with her children. He claimed, since 12-year-old son of my younger brother,martyred in the Pulwama attack, was also attached with me he used to come closer to me whenever i visited them. He claimed, when my nephew started living with me, wife of my deceased brother moved an application against me in the office of SSP, Rajouri in the month of September 2019.
He said, in response i filed an application in the court to claim legal custody of my brothers son as his guardian. “I took this step to ensure his safety. After losing my brother, whom i had raised like my son i was emotionally attached with his son and discharged my duty”,he added. Siraj-ud-din claimed i have stated very clearly in the court of law that my motive is to secure future of my deceased brother's children. “It is for court to decide how they want to distribute the money among the next of kith and kin”, he added.