SRINAGAR – In occupied Kashmir, Hindu fanatics affiliated with BharatiyaJanata Party, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Bajrang Dal, Shiv Sena, VishwaHindu Parishad and other extremist organizations torched dozens of vehiclesof Muslims in Jammu city, today (Friday).
According to reports, hundreds of members of extremist Hindu organizationstook to the streets of Jammu city, today, and protested against the killingof Indian troops in an explosion at Lethpora in Pulwama, yesterday.At least49 troops were killed in the blast.
Eyewitnesses said that the protesters raised anti-Kashmir, anti-Pakistanand other provocative slogans.
Following the violence by the Hindu fanatics, the occupation authoritiesimposed curfew and suspended internet service in the city.
Meanwhile, thousands of people attended the funeral prayers in absentia fora youth, Aadil Ahmed Dar, in Gandi Bagh area of Pulwama, today.
Indian police and troops barred journalists from performing theirprofessional duty by disallowing them to visit the site of Lethporaexplosion.
The Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz UmarFarooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in a statement in Srinagar said, the peopleand leadership of Kashmir regret every killing that happens in theterritory.
The Chairman of Hurriyat forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in a statement inSrinagar said not only students but Kashmiri businessmen and tradersstaying in various places were also targeted and harassed.
The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik,in a statement denounced the slapping of draconian law, Public Safety Act,on illegally detained a leader of his party, Zahoor Ahmad Butt, for thesecond time by the occupation authorities.
Addressing a gathering in Sopore and the Chairman of Jammu and KashmirPeoples Freedom League, Senior Hurriyat leader, Ghulam Muhammad KhanSopori, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, in a statement in Islamabad paid richtributes to noted freedom leader, Ghulam Muhammad Bulla, on his martyrdomanniversary, today.
Paris-based media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders in a statementreiterated its demand for immediate and unconditional release of illegallydetained Kashmiri journalist, Aasif Sultan.