*SRINAGAR – **India arrests top Kashmiri Muslim doctor who exposed terriblehealth crisis in Occupied Kashmir.*

* In occupied Kashmir, a doctor, Omar Salim, was arrested by Indian policeofficials after he informed media about the terrible health crisis becauseof the continuing clampdown in the territory.*

Dr Omar Salim, who is a urologist at the Government Medical College,Srinagar, had appeared at Press Enclave in Srinagar to speak to the media,wearing a doctor’s apron. He also held a placard that stated he was makinga “request and not a protest”, Kashmir Media Service reported.

Salim had only spoken for 10 minutes when police personnel whisked him awayto some unknown location.

Attempts to locate whereabouts of Salim were thwarted by the informationblockade. A spokesperson for the occupation authorities, Rohit Kansal, theonly official interface between the authorities and journalists, skippedthe media briefing, reported The Telegraph.

Omar stated the information blockade and travel restrictions wereendangering the lives of patients, particularly those who are in need ofdialysis or chemotherapy.

Occupied Kashmir is under strict lockdown since 5th August when NarendraModi-led Indian government announced the repeal of Article 370 of theIndian Constitution that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir.