“It is shocking and painful that Indian armed forces have yet again unleashed terror on the mourners and protesters, resulting in massive civilian casualties”, Khurram Parvez, an activist with rights group the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition for Civil Society, said in a statement.
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A file image of Burhan Wani.
Curfew continued in Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam, Pulwama districts in south and Baramulla, Sopore, Kupwara, Ganderbal, and Bandipora.
He said that the use of force against Kashmiris is not tolerable under any circumstances and demanded India to bring those responsible for these killings to justice after a transparent inquiry.
Thirty-one persons, including one cop, have been killed ever since the large-scale violence started in the Valley following the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
The Indian government said no police or security personnel were present at his funeral, to avoid a confrontation with the angry crowd.
Kashmir continued to be on the boil with six more people, including a cop, getting killed in violence on 10 July raising the death toll to 21, even as curfew- like restrictions were in force and Mobile internet services remained suspended.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today took a swipe at Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for not taking part in the crucial meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to review the volatile situation in Kashmir.
The violence has led to the suspension of a popular Hindu religious pilgrimage to the Amarnath temple shrine, which has stranded some 15,000 devotees in the neighbouring region of Jammu, Indian media reported.
Since the 1990s, more than 68,000 people have been killed in Indian-held Kashmir’s uprising against Indian rule and the subsequent Indian military crackdown.
India asked Pakistan to worry more about human rights abuses in parts of Kashmir it controls.
Indian Government on Monday rejected statements made by the Pakistani leadership over current developments in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir and advised Islamabad not to interfere in India’s internal matters.
Condemning the brutalities of Indian forces, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said that Kashmiris were struggling for their right to self-determination through a peaceful and indigenous freedom movement.
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He added that more than 400 people including 100 security officials had been injured, and the death toll could rise further.
