J&K: 26-year-old blinded by Army pellets, booked under Public Safety Act

The scene inside the single-storied house of Suhail Ahmd Tramboo, a pellet victim who was on Monday booked under Public Safety Act is of abject despair. Mohammad Ahsan, the father of Trumboo, sitting in one of the uncluttered rooms is flocked by the neighbours and relatives who try to offer him some solace. Meanwhile, the feeble cries of Tarmboo's  two sisters and mother emanate from another room.

26-year-old Tramboo, who would do menial jobs at construction sites, was picked off by government forces nearly three weeks ago from his residence at Murran village, some 4 kms towards the east from Pulwama, during a pre-dawn take-down. On Tuesday morning his family learnt that he has been booked under Public Saftey Act (PSA) and shifted to Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu.

"He (Tramboo) called on my phone from an unknown  number and said he was slapped with PSA and was being shifted to a jail in Jammu," said Mohammd Ahsan.

Under Public Safety Act (PSA), a person is detained up to six months with out trial. There is also a provision for revision and the detention could be extended to two years.

In 2017, Tramboo's his both eyes were punctured by multiple metallic balls when the armed forces fired shot gun ammunition into a crowd, he was part of, in a nearby village.

After undergoing a string of surgeries at SMSHS, Srinagar, Tramboo regained a partial sight in his left eye. He, however, has no vision in his right eye.

Tramboo's sufferings did not stop here. After he was discharged from the hospital he developed gallstones. “He was put on medicines for some time but finally doctors said that he has go under the knife to remove his gall bladder,” said Mohammad Ahsan, adding that his health may worsen in the prison as no one is there to take care of him.

Trumboo's sister, who is getting married next month wailed how she could don a wedding gown or apply henna on her hands with her brother wasn’t around.

As the family is in dire straits, Ahsan, who works as a casual labourer says that he could not afford a visit to Jammu to see his son. He appealed that he should at least be shifted to a jail in Kashmir.

Meanwhile, a police senior officer said that Tramboo was booked for his role in many stone pelting incidents.