APHC leader Pervez Ahmad said that the recent killing of civilians in Kashmir exposed New Delhi’s “anti-Muslim thinking and when they have to put down protesters in other states they use water cannons, while in Kashmir they use pellets to kill civilians”.
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Two civilians were also reportedly injured in fresh incidents of violence in the area.
Kashmir, a Muslim-majority Himalayan region, is held by India and Pakistan in parts and claimed by both in full. Only officials and government offices’s mobile services is working in the valley.
The decision was taken in view of the ongoing unrest in the valley that has left more than 40 people dead in the last 10 days of street violence.
The Centre on Sunday rushed 2,000 additional CRPF personnel to J&K to enhance security in the Valley.
About 60 battalions, each with about 1,000 personnel, are already stationed in the state as part of a counter-insurgency grid.
Authorities have snapped all mobile Internet connectivity and also suspended calling facility on mobile phones across the Valley.
Mobile internet services continued to remain suspended for the ninth day on Sunday. A senior police official said the curfew would continue on Monday. However, government sources said the step has been taken to contain the violent protests.
Replying to the debate, Home Minister Rajnath Singh affirmed that while militancy will be dealt with sternly, there should be “no instant” use of bullets while dealing with mobs which should first be tackled by the use of teargas and water cannons.
Saying that death of innocent Kashmiris is an abundant proof of Indian aggression in the valley, he appealed to the government to send an all-party delegation to talk to Kashmiri people.
Local newspapers failed to hit the stands for the second consecutive day today in curfew-bound Kashmir after the government’s alleged “clampdown” on the media.
“We have chose to extend the summer vacations in the schools and colleges of the Valley by one week”, Education Minister Naeem Akhtar told PTI.
“The summer vacations in the schools and colleges of the valley have been extended by one week”, Education Minister Naeem Akhtar announced here.
Some of these additional forces will also be used as road opening parties (ROPs) in order to secure and facilitate the movement of security forces convoys which have been specifically targeted by the agitating protesters. “There are set rules for dealing with crowds, such things seem to have disappeared in Kashmir”, he said.
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The life in the Valley remained paralysed after Burhan’s killing, due to strike called by the separatists and curfew-like restrictions imposed by the authorities.
