ISLAMABAD – In occupied Kashmir, Indian authorities imposed curfew-likerestrictions in Srinagar and adjoining areas to prevent a grand marchtowards Indian army headquarters in Badami Bagh, Srinagar, on Monday.
Call for the march was given by Joint Resistance Leadership against themassacre of around a dozen Kashmiri youth by Indian forces in Pulwama.
Police and paramilitary forces put up barricades in various parts ofSrinagar and on roads leading to the army headquarters.
Restrictions were especially imposed in Khanyar, Rainawari, Nowhatta,Safakadal, Maharaj Gunj, Ram Munshibagh, Maisuma and Kralkhud areas ofSrinagar.
Police arrested Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik when theydefied restrictions and tried to lead a march towards Badami Bagh inSrinagar.
Mirwaiz and Yasin Malik were arrested along with dozens of their supportersin Nigeen and Gawkadal areas of the city.
Police used brute force and fired teargas shells on the protesters. Clasheswere reported between protesters and forces’ personnel in Maisuma and otherareas of the city.
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Police placed the entire Hurriyat leadership including Syed Ali Gilani andMuhammad Ashraf Sehrai either under house arrest or in jails to preventthem from leading the march.
Meanwhile, complete shutdown was observed on the third consecutive day,today in all districts of the Kashmir valley and others areas of Jammuregion.
All shops, business establishments, government offices and banks wereclosed while traffic was off the roads. The authorities suspended mobileinternet and train services in the territory.
A protest demonstration organized by APHC-AJK was held outside Indianembassy in Islamabad to condemn the Indian brutalities in occupied Kashmir.