Amir Gul Mir was killed and dozens injured when security forces fired pellets and teargas shells to disperse protesters at Pinglina village in South Kashmir.
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Home Minister Rajnath Singh extends an open invite for talks to all those who believe in Kashmiriyat, insaniyat and jamhooriyat as he arrived in restive Kashmir on a two-day visit.
The editorial has no word on the recent beating to death in police custody of a 30-year-old Kashmiri lecturer, nor has it any sage advice on the reports about women being beaten up by paramilitary force personnel while they were on the way to the hospital. He said that several grey and white cement brands are imported from Pakistan as they are of “top quality”.
The association, in a statement, asked Amnesty International and other human rights organisations to intervene and send teams to Kashmir to evaluate the ground circumstances, holding that the Indian government tried is misleading people by claiming that only a fraction of the Valley demands freedom. Separatist leaders have asked people to continue the shutdown till August 25. We have to take forward Atal (Bihari Vajpayee) ji’s doctrine (of Insaniyat, Jamhooriat and Kashmiriyat).
As Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in the disputed region to discuss the unrest with local political, business and other leaders, thousands of residents rallied in Pulwama in southern Kashmir.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday pinned its hopes on the emergence of a viable solution and the chalking out of a strong and stern policy to end the unrest in the Kashmir through Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit.
The Kashmir Valley has been on the boil for over six weeks now after the July 8 killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. “The government needs to restore confidence of Kashmiris and be sensitive to their needs and sentiments”, Siddiqui said. Even Indian Army fortifications in Kashmir are being built with Pakistani cement.
India may not quite approve of it, but some of the cement being used in the buildings of Kashmir is coming from Pakistan these days. But, I don’t think by using guns and by lathicharge or by using tear gas and pellet guns we can bring peace there. “It is just a fire-fighting attempt”, said Zafarul Islam Khan, who edits the English fortnightly Milli Gazette in Delhi.
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After the review meeting, the Home Minister had separate meetings with heads of para-military forces and state police chief for understanding their working conditions and also to enquire whether there was an operational requirement. “The government has identified over 80 overground workers responsible for organising violent protests and playing a lead role in uniting stone pelters”, he said.
