Indian troops martyred 85 Kashmiris this year

ISLAMABAD:

Indian troops in their unabated acts of state terrorism in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) have martyred 85 Kashmiris so far this year.

According to Kashmir Media Service, of these Kashmiris, 22 were martyred in fake encounters or in custody.

The personnel of the Indian army, police and paramilitary and sleuths of the dreaded National Investigation Agency and State Investigation Agency have arrested over 3000 persons during violent cordon and search operations and house raids.

The arrested individuals include Hurriyat leaders, activists and journalists. Most of them were booked under the black laws – Public Safety Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Meanwhile, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar maintained that the Indian atrocities have failed to subdue the Kashmiris' resolve for freedom in the past and will meet the same fate in the future as well.

He said the Kashmiri people will continue their struggle till they achieve their UN-recognised right to self-determination.

He urged the international community to play its role in resolving the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris' aspirations for ensuring durable peace in South Asia.

The right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief, Mohan Bhagwat, at a meeting in Jammu, asked the leaders of the extremist Hindu organisation to step up their efforts to further the Hindutva ideology in occupied Kashmir. He directed them to take the ideology of the organization to the grassroots level in the occupied territory.