Indian forces continued to impose strict curfew in areas of occupied Jammuand Kashmir to prevent people from offering Eid prayers on Thursday.
The roads were blocked with concertina wires to stop pedestrian as well asvehicular movement.
The Eid prayers could not be held at Dargah Hazratbal, historic JamiaMasjid and other masajid, shrines and eidgahs across the territory due tostrict restrictions.
Indian troops arrested five family members including a young girl duringcordon and search operations in Wahibugh area of Pulwama district on Eidday, reported KMS News.
The India troops also abused and harassed a photojournalist while he wascovering the restrictions imposed by the occupation authorities inSaidakadal area of Srinagar.
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Meanwhile, a report released by Kashmir Media Service on Eid-ul-Fiter day,today, said while the whole Muslim Ummah enjoyed the blessings of holymonth of Ramadan, the Muslims of Indian occupied Kashmir continued toremain under India’s strict military siege and faced violent cordon andsearch operations by the troops.
The troops martyred 12 Kashmiris and injured over two dozen includingphotojournalists in 134 cordon and search operations during the month. Inthe same holy month, prominent Hurriyat leader Muhammad Ashraf Sehraibreathed his last in Udhampur jail, Jammu, due to inhuman conditions he wasput to go through by the authorities.