Violence Continues in Kashmir
Srinagar: At least 20 people were injured as violent clashes continued today in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir valley over Saturday’s mysterious death of two women in Shopian, 52 km from here, official sources said.
Piercing the tight security arrangements, angry residents clashed with police and paramilitary forces at nearly two dozen places here and parts of Baramulla, Bandipora and Pulwama districts, the sources said.
Though the government has ordered a judicial probe into the mysterious death of the two women, the locals were up in arms as the kin of the victims suspect involvement of security personnel in their rape and murder.
Chairman of hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani yesterday rejected the inquiry, extended the day-long strike by two more days and urged people to stage massive protests against the “brutal killing” of the two women.
Chairperson of Muslim Khawateen Markaz Zamrooada Habib along with 15 activists was detained by police when they took out a protest march from Sarai Bala to Lal chowk in the heart of the city this afternoon, the sources said.
The sources said they were stopped by police near Lal Chowk and lodged at Kothibagh police station.
Mehbooba Mufti, eight PDP MLAs detained
PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti and her eight party MLAs were on Tuesday detained when they took out a protest march, defying prohibitory orders, in connection with the issue.
Mehbooba along with her party MLAs Maulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Abdul Rehman Veeri, Nizamuddin bhat, Syed Basharat Bukhari, Mohammad Khalil Band, Syed Bashir Ahmad, Sartaj Madani and Mohammad Rafi besides some party activists were detained while they were returning to the party headquarters after marching on the streets of the city, official sources said.
PDP leaders carrying placards with slogans like revoke armed forces special powers act (AFSPA), resolve Kashmir issue, punish the killers of two women of Shopian and we want justice, took out a procession from party headquarters near Emporium Garden and marched on the streets of Lal Chowk and Budshah Chowk.
However, at Koker Bazar and Maisuma, some youths pelted stones at the PDP leaders following which policemen chased the stone-pelting mobs.
Violence Continues in Kashmir was first posted on June 2, 2009 at 5:20 pm.
Protest against custodial killing of civilian in occupied Kashmir
SRINAGAR: People staged a protest demonstration against custodial killing of a civilian by Indian police in the occupied Kashmir.
According to local media, Manzoor Ahmed, 30, was subjected to brutal torture by Indian police in the custody of Special Operation Group.
As a result, hundreds of people took to the streets to protest the extrajudicial killing. The demonstrators pelted stones on the police too.
On the other hand, Indian police personnel subjected demonstrators to heavy lathi charge and excessive tear-gassing.
Protest against custodial killing of civilian in occupied Kashmir was first posted on May 19, 2009 at 10:15 pm.
