Protesters subjected to brute force in Srinagar

Srinagar, January 21 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, several people were injured when Indian police used brute force against peaceful protesters in Srinagar, today.

The police resorted to baton charge to disperse a procession led by the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik, while it was heading towards the Lal Chowk from Gaw Kadal Bridge. Clashes between police personnel and the protesters were witnessed in Gaw Kadal, Maisuma, Residency Road and other areas. Later, the police personnel barged into the residential houses and beat up the inmates without any provocation.

Meanwhile, complete shutdown was observed, today, in Gaw Kadal, Maisuma, Kukarbazar, Lal Chowk, Basant Bagh and Haba Kadal areas of Srinagar in remembrance of those over fifty martyrs who were killed by Indian troops in Gaw Kadal on this day in 1990.

Earlier, the JKLF Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, addressing a function at Gaw Kadal in Srinagar paying rich tributes to the martyrs said that their mission would be accomplished at all costs. He urged the Kashmiris to carry forward their peaceful liberation struggle.

The veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani said that Indian occupation was the main reason behind the miseries of Kashmiri people. He called for a probe by the UN War Crimes Tribunal into Gaw Kadal massacre and all other incidents of killings in the occupied territory.

The All Parties Hurriyet Conference in a statement said that Gaw Kadal massacre and other such incidents had exposed the real face of Indian democracy. The statement said that the Kashmiris were the masters of their destiny and they would never surrender before New Delhi.

The JKLF-R organised a function in Gaw Kadal and the speakers said that the Kashmiris’ sacrifices, which had centre-staged the Kashmir dispute at the global level, would not be allowed to go waste.

APHC leader, Yasmeen Raja, addressing a prayer meeting in Srinagar said that the best tributes to the martyrs would be to take their mission to its logical conclusion.