Kashmiris protest against Indian atrocities. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
ISLAMABAD: Indian military personnel tortured the imam (prayer leader) of a mosque in Loran area of Poonch district in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir without any provocation, Kashmir Media Service (KMS) reported on Saturday.
According to details, the Indian troops targeted Maulana Abdul Hameed Naeemi when he was returning from Srinagar to Poonch. The troops asked him to get down from vehicle in Kulgam and subjected him to torture for more than an hour.
The people of the area took to streets against the brutal action of the Indian troops and staged protest demonstrations at several places.
Indian forces arrest 44 youths in occupied Kashmir raids
Meanwhile, in a bizarre move, some colleges in Uttarakhand have penalised students belonging to occupied Kashmir, who left the institutions in the wake of Pulwama incident in February owing to security concerns, over shortage of attendance.
After the Pulwama incident, in which at least 40 Indian troops were killed, the Kashmiri students had faced threats by the local mobs in Uttarakhand and some other Indian states, forcing them to leave for their homes.
On the other hand, the High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has strongly condemned the use of brute force by Indian troops and police against civilians in Shopian.
Over twenty people were injured, some of them critically, when Indian police and troops fired bullets, pellets and teargas shells on peaceful demonstrators, who were protesting against the killing of three youths on Friday.
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