Srinagar, June 10 (KMS): Indian troops continue their massive cordon and search operations in several districts of Jammu region of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, subjecting the residents to severe harassment.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the troops and paramilitary personnel along with members of dreaded militia Village Defence Guards carry out searches from time to time mostly in the residences of Muslims in several towns and villages of Poonch, Rajouri, Kishtwar, Doda, Ramban, Jammu, Reasi and Kathua districts. The local residents told the media that the forces’ personnel barge into their homes, thrash the inmates and vandalize the household goods. They said the Indian forces have made their life a hell.
Communal Indian police arrested two Muslim cattle traders Ishtiaq Ahmed and Atta Muhammad after conducting a raid in Chatroo area of Kishtwar district of Jammu region. Later, the District Magistrate, Kishtwar, issued an order to book them under draconian law, Public Safety Act. It is to mention here that the Muslim cattle traders in IIOJK and India face the wrath of communal police and attacks by cow vigilantes every now and then.
Meanwhile, posters remembering the victims of Chotta Bazaar massacre appeared again in Srinagar on the eve of their martyrdom anniversary. The personnel of Indian paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force had martyred more than 30 people, including women and children, by resorting to indiscriminate fire in Chotta Bazaar area of Srinagar on June 11, 1991.
President of Peoples Democratic Party, Mehbooba Mufti, talking to reporters in Srinagar urged the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir to understand that the Bharatiya Janata Party is exploiting them by fostering a divide and they must fight unitedly for their rights.
Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar in a statement demanded the release of its chief, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, from continued house arrest before the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. The Mirwaiz has been under house detention since August 05, 2019.
On the other hand, a US-based human rights group “Justice for All” in its report has drawn a parallel between the Hindutva ideology and the Niazis. The report said what is happening in India today clearly demonstrates that the country is on a dangerous trajectory to becoming a Nazi-inspired fascist, majoritarian state, where its minorities and particularly its more than 200 million Muslims, face an impending danger of genocide. KMS