The Chairman of Hurriyat forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has reiterated the Kashmiris’ pledge to continue to seek peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute despite harassment by the Indian authorities.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is in Delhi for being questioned by the India’s infamous National Investigation Agency in a fake case termed the NIA summoning as part of the efforts to malign Kashmiri leadership for its political stand on Kashmir.
He informed the NIA that he was not acquainted with the subject matter referred by NIA in its notice and said that the notice was based on fallacious assumptions and misinformation solely aimed at maligning him.
The Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai in a statement in Srinagar said that NIA summonses to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and other Kashmiris were aimed at humiliating and intimidating resistance leadership.
Meanwhile, Indian troops launched cordon and search operations in different areas of Pulwama and Shopian districts, today. All the entry and exit points in Satoora, Khangund, Sofigund and Turkwangam areas were sealed while house-to-house search was conducted. The authorities suspended mobile internet services.
An RSS leader, Chandrakant Singh, along with his security officer was killed in firing by unknown gunmen near Kishtwar district hospital, today. The authorities imposed curfew immediately after the incident in the town.
On the other hand, another Kashmiri man was injured after being assaulted by a Hindu mob in Bangalore, the capital city of the Indian state of Karnataka. Taseer Mufti, a Srinagar resident, was hospitalised after the assault.