SRINAGAR – In occupied Kashmir, thousands of people attended the funeralprayers of Asif Nazir Dar, who was killed by the Indian troops in custody.

The dead body of the martyred youth who was arrested by Indian troops, wasmysteriously recovered in Hazratbal area of Srinagar, yesterday.

The Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Gilani in astatement issued in Srinagar condemned the arrest of two Kashmiriengineering students by Indian police in Delhi. He termed their detentionas a ploy to intimidate the Kashmiri students. The ChairmanTehreek-e-Hurriyat, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai in a statement stronglycondemned the killing of APHC activist, Hakeem-ur-Rehman Sultani. He saidthat Hakeem was killed by the men of Indian intelligence agencies.

Hurriyat leaders and activists visited the residence of Hakeem-ur-RehmanSultani at Bomai in Sopore and expressed solidarity with his family members.

Meanwhile, scores of youth, today, clashed with the Indian troops duringtwo separate cordon and search operations in two villages of Shopiandistrict. The troops fired pellets, bullets and teargas shells to dispersethe protesters.