Bollywood starlet Dia Mirza slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Samrit Patra for his callous comments about a child who was caught in the middle of an ‘anti-terrorist operation‘ by Indian forces in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
The image of a three-year-old child caught in the midst of an anti-terrorist operation by the Indian Army went viral as netizens were taken back the horrors in Kashmir. The picture depicts the toddler with a bullet-riddled body of his grandfather who had been gunned down by Indian soldiers in Sopore.
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Unfortunately, BJP leader Samrit Patra thought this was a good time to mock a Kashmiri’s death for politics.
That’s when the former pageant queen Dia Mirza called out his cruel and insensitive comment.
Do you not have an iota of empathy left in you?? https://t.co/PJYT4uZZbj
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) July 1, 2020
The BJP leader even tried to defend his comment by trying to dub the actress as a ‘selective placard holder’.
“Unlike you whose Empathy is selective Remember I am not a Selective Placard holder BTW I am your fan and would love to see you with a Placard condemning Pak sponsored Jihad today”
But Dia immediately shut him down pointing out the fact that empathy is not selective, that’s just politics.
Empathy is not selective. We either have it or we don’t. No child should ever have to endure the pain and horror this child has. Stop the politics and you have my support. With or without a placard. https://t.co/detSyHVWrL
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) July 1, 2020
A death that sent shockwaves around the world
One Kashmiri grandfather and his granson had been out to buy milk. The grandfather was gunned down by Indian military forces during a firefight with freedom fighters. The child’s family and eyewitnesses asserted that the Indian Army and Indian security forces killed innocent civilians. In fact, there are photos of the troops desecrating the same body once the guns went silent.
Indian news outlet ANI thought it was a good idea to film the traumatized child.
What the hell..why you record ?
— Deepak 🇮🇳 (@_deepak_verma) July 1, 2020
Pakistani celebrities mourn the latest atrocity
Meanwhile, Pakistani celebrities also called out the horrific incident that has left cyberspace shocked and dismayed.
The sheer heartlessness of today's incident in #Sopore defines the world's indifference towards #Kashmir, its people and their plight!
My heart goes out to the family of the slain Bashir sahab & his 3 year old grandson Suhail who was witness to such a mammoth tragedy. Prayers.
— Farhan Saeed (@farhan_saeed) July 1, 2020
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