The 24-hour of detention of the Valley’s budding cricketers Parveez Rasool and Mehraj-ud-din in Banglore has stirred the sports fraternity fearing such harassments would discourage the players in the Valley.
Football Players Welfare Association (FPWA) on Monday said that the harassment of the Kashmiri sportspersons would deter budding sportspersons from taking part in active sports.
“Kashmiris are by default the targets for harassments but targeting sportspersons will have bad consequences on the psyche of the sportspersons. Despite disturbance here in the Valley, youth kept the sports spirit alive. Sports continued to flourish and youth loved sports but such incident will dampen their spirit,” said vice-president FPWA, Sajid Dar, addressing media persons here.
“Such incidents send bad signal and no parent will allow their children to move outside the state to play,” added Dar.
Speaking on the occasion general secretary FPWA, Dr Zahoor Haroon, said timely intervention of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association has ensured safe release of the cricketer.
He, however, said that the player of any other low profile game can feel secure as the other state associations are not as strong as JKCA.
“There are other associations that send single or few players outside the State for championships. If such incidents happen to them, their safe release is unlikely to be ensured,” said Dr Haroon.
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