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Srinagar, July 25, 2015 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, complete shutdown was observed, today, against the anti-Muslim activities of extremist Hindu organizations, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena in Rajouri and other areas of Jammu region. Call for the shutdown had been jointly given by the trade bodies while the All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik, had supported it.
Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed while movement of traffic on the roads was very thin. The activists of Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement held demonstrations in different areas of the occupied territory against the burning of a flag with Quranic verses by the Hindu fanatics in Rajouri.
Senior Hurriyet leader, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, in a statement in Srinagar said that India should read writing on the wall that it would never succeed to crush the liberation sentiment of the Kashmiri people and it must settle the Kashmir dispute at the earliest for its own good. The forum patronised by the veteran Kashmiri leader, Syed Ali Gilani, in a statement in Srinagar expressed serious concern over the continued harassment of Tehreek-e-Hurriyet’s District President for Kupwara, Muhammad Yousuf Lone, and his family members by a Major of Indian army at Karalapora in Kupwara.
The Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League in a statement condemned the puppet authorities for not producing the illegally detained party Chairman and senior Hurriyet leader, Masarrat Aalam before a court in Srinagar. On the other hand, one civilian was killed and six persons including an Indian army man were injured when unidentified persons hurled a grenade at an army vehicle at Mattan Chowk in Islamabad town, today.
The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, along with a party delegation visited Kulan Gund area of Ganderbal and distributed relief goods among the people who were affected by the flash floods caused by cloudburst in the area. The puppet authorities continued to place Hurriyet leaders including Syed Ali Gilani, Shabbir Ahmed Shah and Zafar Akbar Butt under house arrest in Srinagar.
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