Kashmir Files: Kashmiri Muslim Says Sorry For 1990 Violence Live On TV, Vivek Agnihotri Says 'Thank You'

The Kashmiri Muslim who apologised on the television was Javed Beigh, General Secretary of People’s Democratic Front (Secular) who said that he had witnessed the Sangrampora massacre.

Vivek Agnihotri (left), Javed Beigh (right) | Courtesy: Twitter

New Delhi: The Kashmir Files has been attracting limelight since its release. The movie, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, attempts to depict the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in 1991 which has also remained a main issue for the community since then.

A Kashmiri Muslim recently apologised for the incident on TV which was spotted by Agnihotri. Taking to Twitter, Agnihotri shared the video clip of a local news channel and said “Acknowledging the Genocide and saying sorry is the first step to Right To Justice.”

“If someone knows this young man, please send my love and thanks to him,” he added. 

 

This young Kashmiri Muslim is saying “sorry for the Genocide to all Kashmiri Hindus” on a Pakistani channel.

Acknowledging the Genocide and saying sorry is the first step to #RightToJustice. If someone knows this young man, Pl send my love and thanks to him. pic.twitter.com/d6AXFLVlR1

— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) March 19, 2022

The Kashmiri Muslim who apologised on the television was Javed Beigh, General Secretary of People’s Democratic Front (Secular). Beigh, in an interview with local news channel ANN News said that he had witnessed the Sangrampora massacre and the educated youths of today have to accept the mistakes of their previous generation. 

"Dozens of Kashmiri Pandits were killed...I have seen it with my own eyes. Those who were killed were neither stopping anyone's 'freedom' nor killing any Kashmiri Muslim. There were unarmed people. If that's not a massacre, what is it?" Beigh said in the interview. 

“Those crimes had been committed and for that, we should join hands and apologise to the Kashmiri Pandits in public, collectively. You don't need a movie for that,” he added. 

Beigh also then took to Twitter and in a series of tweets wrote, “I am disgusted at shameless denial of forced Kashmiri Pandit exodus by political class of Kashmir & by wider Kashmiri Muslim civil society. It is therefore even more significant that credible Kashmiri institutions & prominent Muslims come forward & acknowledge our sins of 1990.”