ISLAMABAD – Indian troops in their unabated acts of state terrorismmartyred 10 Kashmiris during the last month of February.
According to the data issued by the Research Section of Kashmir MediaService, Sunday, of those killed, three were martyred in fake encounters orin custody.
During the month, 30 people were critically injured due to use of bruteforce and firing of teargas shells by Indian police and paramilitarypersonnel on peaceful demonstrators in the occupied territory while 137civilians, mostly youth, were arrested. Most of the detainees were bookedunder black law, Public Safety Act.
The people of the Kashmir Valley continue to hit by severe hardships due tothe ongoing military siege and internet suspension on the 210th successiveday, today. More than 50 per cent industrial unites have completely stoppedfunctioning as a result of seven-month lockdown and internet gag.
In view of the mass uprising threat in the upcoming summer againstrevocation of Kashmir’s special status, India has decided to retain itsadditional troops, brought into the territory in the wake of New Delhi’sillegal action of August 5, last year.
At least 400 additional companies of paramilitary forces including CentralReserve Police Force and Border Security Force were deployed in Kashmir theday before the Article 370 was revoked.
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Meanwhile, Indian occupation authorities invoked draconian law PublicSafety Act against two more Kashmiri youth identified as Pervez Jilani andTashoq Ahmad.
In yet another step towards the total annexation of occupied Jammu andKashmir with India, New Delhi has approved 37 laws, which could not bepreviously applicable to the territory because of its special status underArticle 370 of the Indian constitution.
Indian Food and Drug Control department has refused to register more than8,000 Kashmiri students who completed medical assistant course during theyear 2019 citing the reason that they completed the course under thePharmacy Act of occupied Jammu and Kashmir, which did no longer exist afterthe abrogation of Kashmir’s special status.
