Srinagar, August 06 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, despite curfew and heavy rains, people staged forceful anti-India demonstrations at several places across the territory, today.
Defying curfew, thousands of people took to the streets in Eidgah, Soura, Hyderpora, Nowpora, Lal Bazar, Amda Kadal, Bota Kadal, Baagwanpora, Anarbagh, Bandipore, Islamabad, Arwani, Pulwama, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Handwara, Budgam, Kulgam, Shopian, Sopore, Kreeri and other areas.Dozens of people were injured when Indian troops resorted to firing and excessive teargas shelling on protesters in Badgam and Rajwar areas.
Complete shutdown was observed in Doda town to protest against the killing spree in the Kashmir Valley. Hundreds of people took out marches in Doda, Surenkote, Meindher, Poonch, Rajouri, Kishtwar, Banihal and Ramban areas. APHC leader, Ghulam Ahmed Mir led a procession in Thanamandi.
An innocent Kashmiri youth, who was injured in the firing of troops on peaceful protestors in Pulwama, yesterday, succumbed to his injuries.
The occupation authorities continued to place the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi under house arrest, preventing them from offering Juma prayers. Due to curfew restrictions, Juma congregational prayers could not be held at historic Jamia Masjid for the sixth successive week.
Addressing a gathering at Hyderpora Mosque, veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani urged India to withdraw its troops, repeal black laws and take steps to resolve the Kashmir dispute. He maintained that India would not be able to crush Kashmir movement through its state terrorism.
In Islamabad, a meeting of the APHC-AJK chapter, held with Convenor, Mehmood Ahmad Saghar in chair, rejected the illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir by India and reiterated the pledge to continue the struggle till securing the inalienable right to self-determination.
The heads of Kashmir Centres in London and Brussels, Professor Nazir Ahmed Shawl and Barrister Abdul Majeed Tramboo jointly addressing a press conference in London denounced use of brute force on peaceful protesters in occupied Kashmir. Earlier, the Kashmiri students in London held a protest demonstration outside Indian High commission and raised Go India go slogans.
And in Ladakh, more than hundred people were feared dead in flash floods triggered by massive cloudbursts. 25 Indian army personnel have gone missing.