Curfew re-imposed in the whole OSJK
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Written by KMS
Friday, 08 October 2010 17:24
Srinagar, October 08, 2010: Curfew has been re-imposed in different parts of Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir (OSJK) including Srinagar and other major cities and towns, today, to prevent anti India and pro-liberation protests after Juma prayers.
The APHC Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi continued to remain under house arrest. At least 20 persons were injured in teargas shelling by Indian police in Srinagar, Sopore, Baramulla, Shopian, Islamabad, Bijbehara, Pulwama and Pampore. The Indian forces went berserk and severely thrashed people in Dialgam area of Islamabad, without any provocation. The incident triggered wide spread demonstrations. Paramilitary troopers attacked a school van and injured its driver at Qamer Wari in Srinagar. Indian army agents killed a youth in Keshwan area of Kishtwar. Dead body of a woman was recovered in mysteries circumstances near Hampathri Road in Kulgam.
Commenting on the recent remarks of the puppet Chief Minister of OSJK, Umer Abdullah, Hurriyat leaders including Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq asked him to translate his words into action and impress upon his Indian rulers to stop death and destruction in the OSJK. Umar Abdullah, finally, acknowledged yesterday that Jammu and Kashmir was an outstanding issue between India and Pakistan and had an international recognition. Urging the Indian government to initiate sustained dialogue with Pakistan, he maintained that the issue could not be resolved by the development processes or by providing employment to the people.
In order to crush Kashmiri protestors, Indian army agents killed another youth in Kishtwar district. Tariq Hussain Bohru (20), was killed by Indian armed agents at Duggad in Keshwan area of the district. Another Dead body of a woman, Sajda Begum was also recovered in suspicious circumstances near Hampathri Road in Kulgam.
Meanwhile, at least 20 persons were injured in teargas shelling by Indian paramilitary forces in Srinagar, Sopore, Baramulla, Shopian, Islamabad, Bijbehara, Pulwama and Pampore areas.
At least 38 people have been disabled, due to violent action taken by the Indian paramilitary forces during the last four months. As many as 38 civilians were disabled during the protests. Such patients were hit in the eye, either by teargas shells, bullets or pellets., said by the pro-India minister of OSJK.
He said that a huge number of civilians had been injured during the protests in the Valley and a considerable number of them received firearm injuries in the face and chest.
Anti-India protests erupted in the Kashmir Valley after a 17-year-old boy Tufail Ahmad Mattoo was killed when a tear gas shell thrown by police hit him in Srinagar on June 11. At least 119 protesters including young boys and girls have been killed and thousands have been injured by paramilitary and police personnel teargas shelling, bullets and baton charges in the four-month-long unrest.
Curfew and restrictions were re-imposed in the downtown areas of Srinagar and Sopore. The curfew and restrictions were imposed in Khaniyar, Mehraj Gunj, Safakadal, Nowhatta, Habba Kadal, Batamallo, Sopore, Baramulla, Trehgam, Kralpora in Kupwara, Palhallan and Kunzar Tanmarg areas,
Meanwhile, the residents of Dialgam area in Islamabad district said that the paramilitary forces went berserk and severely thrashed the inmates without any provocation. The police and CRPF men without any provocation barged into many houses in our locality, ransacked the household goods, smashed the windowpanes and then severely beat up the inmates including women and children, the residents said. Several people were injured in forces action. The incident triggered wide spread anti-India demonstrations in the area.
The Executive Director of Kashmir Centre London, Professor Nazir Ahmad Shawl has said that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory and its amicable solution would bring permanent peace in the region. Nazir Ahmad Shawl in a statement issued in London said that Kashmir was an international dispute and the world community should help settle the dispute.
He also appealed the international community to help release all illegally detained Kashmiri Hurriyat leaders and activists including Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Ashraf Sahrai and Zafar Akbar Butt languishing in different jails and interrogation centres of India and the occupied territory.
The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), a constituent of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, has appealed the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon to impress upon India to settle the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the resolutions passed by the UN Security Council. APHC leader and the Chairman of JKPM, Ghulam Ahmed Mir, in a statement said that Indian troops had unleashed a reign of terror across the occupied territory.
He said that it was high time for the world community to ensure peaceful and permanent settlement of the Kashmir dispute to pave way for peace and stability in the whole south Asian region. The APHC leader said in spite of using the worst kinds of atrocities and oppressions, India had miserably failed to crush the Kashmiris freedom struggle.
He said after making supreme sacrifices, Kashmiris had sent a loud and clear message to India and across the world that they were ready to forgo everything to take the ongoing liberation movement to its logical conclusion.
Curfew re-imposed in the whole OSJK
