Indian police had arrested S. Hamid Wani on April 18, 1998 in Soura area of Srinagar and later killed him in custody on the same day.
APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement in Srinagar while paying rich tributes to Shaheed Wani on his 26th martyrdom anniversary, today, said he was a legendary character whose life and sacrifices would live on eternally in the hearts of every freedom lover across the occupied territory.
He said that S Hameed Wani and other Kashmiri martyrs had laid down their lives for a great cause and their sacrifices would not be allowed to go waste.
Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party spokesman, Advocate Arshad Iqbal in a statement in Srinagar lauding the peerless contribution of S. Hameed Wani towards the ongoing freedom struggle said that the martyred leader was a man of integrity who served the movement throughout his life and ultimately laid down his life for the sacred cause.
Other Hurriyat leaders and organizations, while eulogizing the services and sacrifices rendered by S Hameed Wani for the Kashmiris’ just cause, described him as an icon of the freedom struggle. They added that the mission of Kashmiri martyrs would be taken to its logical conclusion, come what may.
