Srinagar, June 2 -- THERE have been many cases of suicides and suicide attempts in Kashmir over the last few weeks. One of them, Shoaib Bashir, the son of a school teacher,, made a video before the suicide, blamed for his extreme step the denial of salary to his father Bashir Ahmad Mir over the past two and a half years. Bashir was apparently pushed over the edge by his failure to pay the fees for his Masters course in psychology. His father Mir's salary had been witheld since March 2019 by the authorities who cited an adverse police verification report. It has now turned out that the said report has nothing adverse against Mir. The report has concluded that "he is presently silent and busy with his job".

The suicides have caused deep un...