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Milchar
August-September 2003 Issue
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Reflections
… Krakal
Death of Kuka Parray
 When
the insurgency scene was at its grimmest in mid-ninetees; when security
forces had no clue where to strike; when intelligence network was smashed
with the help of insurgent sympathisers within them; when all looked dark,
there was one person and his group of people who made the difference. It
was Kuka Parray.
A folk singer from Sumbhal, who had joined insurgency,
as a lot of young Kashmiri Muslims had done, Kuka Parray was trained in
Pakistan to join the ranks of insurgents in Kashmir. He was among those
first few to understand the designs of Pakistan in luring Kashmiri youth
with the aim of swallowing Kashmir and subjucating it. Under the banner of
Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen, he charged back at the insurgents, working in
cooperation with the security forces. This made the anti-insurgency
operations show results. Things changed dramatically. More and more youths
followed Kuka Parray's example. He floated a pro-India political set-up
named Awami League. It was entirely due to his help that the elections in
Kashmir in 1996 were possible. It turned the tide.
But alas! As always, government of India did not support him as much as
he should have been. The history of the government of India for the last
four decades has been of helping those who speak against India. This was
repeated in his case. Otherwise how does one explain, the security of a
person who has been a thorn in the flesh of ISI and insurgency outfits,
should be so thin that two persons can come, shoot him and walk away. He
and his group had a difficult time during Farooq's regime. Things did not
improve during the present Mufti's regime, whose tears are being shed so
often for dependents of insurgents rather than the dependents of the
victims of insurgency.
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