SEINAGAR – In occupied Kashmir, All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman,Syed Ali Gilani, has said that India is using its National InvestigatingAgency to harass the Kashmiri resistance leaders and intimidate them intosubmission.

The APHC Chairman in a statement in Srinagar said that such tactics cannotcow down the pro-freedom leadership. He strongly condemned theinterrogation of four sons and son-in-law of prominent freedom leader, SyedSalahuddin, by the NIA.

He said Syed Salahuddin is a forerunner and a prominent figure in theongoing freedom movement and has dedicated his whole life for the sacredcause and such cowardly measures cannot weaken his commitment to theliberation struggle.

The Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also in a statement said thatIndia’s brutal tactics would not succeed to suppress the Kashmiris’ genuinestruggle for securing their right to self-determination.

Meanwhile, clashes erupted in Balhama area of Srinagar, today, after Indiantroops used brute force on series of protests against a siege and searchoperation by the Indian forces.

In London, Kashmiri diaspora in Britain held a peaceful protest demandingan end to bloodshed at the hands of Indian troops in occupied Kashmir andrelease of all Kashmiri political prisoners including senior APHC leader,Shabbir Ahmed Shah.