The normal life across Kashmir Valley remained paralysed on the fourth consecutive day following the killing of banned Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Wani and his two associates in an encounter last Friday.
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A police station in Sopore was torched by a mob today while an air force airport in Pulwama and other security installations in Kashmir have also came under attack as ongoing clashes between protesters and security personnel continue.
Hospital staff in Anantnag’s district hospital are struggling to cope with the steady stream of casualties – hundreds of them – since Saturday.
At least 10 paramilitary CRPF men were injured when unidentified persons “lobbed a grenade at their post” at Nowhatta in old city on late Monday evening, police said.
The state government has called for calm and has cut off the Internet and mobile phone networks to try to stop the protests spreading.
While this was so, protesters are hampering movement of security forces to maintain law and order by erecting blockades in the form of huge trees, tyres, electric poles among others.
Wani was killed by security forces on Friday.
India chose to hit back, hard.
Kashmir, claimed in its entirety by both India and Pakistan, has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking wars between the countries.
“His video messages, which would often go viral in Kashmir, were on the topics of Indian injustice, and the need for young people to stand up to oppression”.
India on Monday rebuffed Pakistan’s demand for a plebiscite in Kashmir and said its criticism of the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani reflected Islamabad’s “continued attachment to terrorism” and its use of terror “as an instrument of state policy”.
Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry conveyed to Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale that the use of force against peaceful protesters was a human rights violation and that a fair inquiry should be made into the killings, according to the secretary’s statement.
Stay on topic – This helps keep the thread focused on the discussion at hand. “So there’s a shared interest there, and that’s what we’re focused on”.
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Be Civil – It’s OK to have a difference in opinion but there’s no need to be a jerk.
