NEW DELHI – In occupied Kashmir, people staged forceful demonstrations indifferent areas, today to show their resentment against Indian occupationand division of Kashmir into two union territories.
Immediately after Juma congregational prayers, people in large numbers tookto the streets in Srinagar, Badgam, Ganderbal, Islamabad, Pulwama, Kulgam,Shopian, Bandipora, Baramulla, Kupwara and other areas of the occupiedterritory.
They raised high-pitched pro-freedom, pro-Pakistan and anti-India slogans.At many places, the protesters were subjected to brute force by Indianpolice and troops. Many demonstrators sustained injuries in brutal actionsof forces’ personnel.
Meanwhile, fear and uncertainty continued to grip the Kashmir Valley andMuslim majority areas of Jammu and Ladakh regions as the military lockdownimposed by India continued on 96th running day, today.
People in the Valley continue to keep their shutters down and stay awayfrom schools and offices as part of a civil disobedience movement againstIndian occupation.
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Shops open briefly in the morning and evening hours but even this window ismore often than not disrupted due to the continuing uncertainty. Prepaidphone, SMS and internet services remain snapped.
Addressing a meeting in Kishtwar, Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir AnjumanSeerat Committee, Kishtwar, Maulana Abdul Qayoom said Kashmiris would notforget sacrifices rendered by people of Jammu in the ongoing freedomstruggle.
He paid glowing tributes to hundreds of thousands of Jammu martyrs who weremassacred by forces of Maharaja Hari Singh, Indian Army and Hinduextremists in different parts of Jammu region while they were migrating toPakistan during the first week of November 1947.
