Indian Army use brute force at the Muharram processions in Srinagar
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SRINAGAR - Indian Forces have resorted to the brute use of the force upon Muharram processions in Srinagar. Defying restrictions, hundreds of people took out Muharram processions from Jahangir Chowk, Aabi Guzar, Batamaloo, Zedibal, Maulana Azad Road and other areas of Srinagar. However, Indian police resorted to brute force and fired teargas shells to disperse the protesters, injuring dozens of them.
The police also took scores of mourners including Hurriyat leaders Nisar Hussain Rathar into custody and lodged them in different police stations.
The authorities had imposed restrictions in many areas of Srinagar to prevent traditional Muharram processions. These processions are banned in Srinagar since 1990.
Senior Hurriyat leaders, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi and Maulana Abbas Ansari in their statements strongly denounced the use of brute force by Indian police on the Muharram mourners.
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