In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops and dreaded agencies have intensified their violent cordon and search operations and house raids to suppress the Kashmiris’ ongoing freedom movement.
Indian troops, police and paramilitary personnel are conducting search operations and house raids in different areas of Srinagar, Badgam, Baramulla, Bandipora, Islamabad, Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian, Poonch, Rajouri and Jammu districts on a daily basis.
Meanwhile, the New Delhi-controlled State Investigation Agency has filed a chargesheet in court in Srinagar against the Editor of a digital magazine, Fahad Shah, and PhD scholar, Abdul Aala Fazili, in false cases registered against them.
On the other hand, people staged a protest demonstration in Srinagar, today, against the occupation authorities’ order allowing the sale of beer at departmental stores in urban areas.
The protesters including women demanded of the authorities to withdraw the order. Indian police arrested several demonstrators on the occasion.
In India, a mob of more than 200 Hindu extremists ransacked a mosque at Bhora Kalan in Gurgaon city of Haryana. They also assaulted Muslims who were praying inside and threatened to expel them from the area.
Meanwhile, All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader, Syed Bashir Andrabi, in a statement issued in Srinagar urged the international community, particularly the United Nations, to take cognizance of the killing of Hurriyat leader, Altaf Ahmad Shah, and play role in the release of all illegally detained Kashmiris to save their lives.
He deplored that India is victimizing the Kashmiris for challenging its illegal occupation of their homeland.