SRINAGAR – In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of stateterrorism martyred, today, two more youth including a PhD scholar, a thirdsuch highly educated youth in less than past six months.
The martyred scholar, Dr Sabzar Ahmed Sofi, along with another youth AasifAhmed Gojri was killed by the troops after they blasted a house in Nowgamarea of Srinagar.
Earlier, troops martyred Dr Muhammad Rafi Butt, a Professor of KashmirUniversity on May 6, and Dr Mannan Wani, a scholar in geology from AligarhMuslim University on 11th of this month.
Those who have a close watch on day-to-day developments in occupied Kashmirsaid that the killing of PhD scholars negated the Indian propaganda thatonly uneducated and unemployed youth are resisting New Delhi’s illegaloccupation.
The cold-blooded murder of Dr Sabzar and Aasif Gojri triggered massiveprotests in Srinagar, Islamabad and other parts of the territory.
Several people were injured, three of them critically, when Indian troopsfired bullets, pellets and teargas shells on the protesters in Dr Sabzar’snative area of Sangam in Islamabad district. The authorities suspendedinternet services and ordered closure of educational institutions inSrinagar, Islamabad and Budgam districts.
Meanwhile, thousands of people participated in funeral prayers of SabzarAhmad at Sangam in Bijbehara. A group of mujahideen including top commanderZeenatul Islam appeared and offered him a gun salute. Dr Sabzar Ahmad Sofiwas buried amid pro-freedom and pro-Pakistan slogans.
The authorities sealed South Kashmir’s Kulgam district to prevent a marchagainst the massacre of ten people by Indian troops in the district onSunday. Call for the march was given by the Joint Resistance Leadership.South Kashmir districts continued to witness shutdown for the thirdconsecutive day, today.
The members of High Court Bar Association in a statement condemned thekilling of Dr Sabzar Ahmad Sofi and other martyrs. Bar members of Dooru,Islamabad, abstained from courts to protest against the arrest offraternity member Advocate Muzaffar Magray.
Hurriyat leaders Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad AshrafSehrai in their separate statements said that people were not even allowedto breathe freely in the world’s heavily militarized zone of Jammu andKashmir. They urged the United Nations, OIC and human rights bodies to takenotice of killings and other rights violations in the territory.
Kashmir Youth Assembly, UK, organized a seminar in Slough to educate thenext generation about the Kashmir dispute. A documentary depicting Indianbrutalities on Kashmiri people was also screened on the occasion.