Restriction imposed ahead of Kashmir's JRL march towards Indian army HQ

SRINAGAR: Kashmir Media Service reported that Indian authorities have imposed ‘curfew’ like restrictions across Srinagar and adjoining areas to prevent a march towards the Indian army headquarters in Badami Bagh on Monday.

According to details, call for the march was given by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, against the killings of innocent Kashmiris in Pulwama district by Indian troops.

Restrictions have been especially imposed within the jurisdictions of Khanyar, Rainawari, Nowhatta, Safakadal, Maharaj Gunj, Ram Munshibagh, Maisuma and Kralkhud police stations of the Srinagar, as per Kashmir Media Service.

Meanwhile, a complete shutdown will be observed for a third consecutive day today throughout the occupied valley.

On Saturday, the troops had killed as many as 11 Kashmiri youth during a cordon and search operation and firing of live ammunition on protesters in Kharpora Sirnoo area of the district.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Imran Khan strongly denounced the killing of 11 Kashmiri youth and said, only dialogue and not violence and killings will resolve this decades old conflict of Kashmir.

The prime minister said Pakistan will raise issue of India’s human rights violations in occupied Kashmir and demand the United Nations to fulfill its commitment to hold plebiscite in Kashmir.