Complete shutdown being observed against brutal killings of youth in IHK

SRINAGAR (92 News) – In Indian-held Jammu Kashmir (IHK), complete shutdown is being observed on Monday (today) against the brutal killings of nine Kashmiri youth in Kulgam district. Call for the shutdown has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership, comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik. In a statement, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said they will also hold a protest sit-in at Lal Chowk in Srinagar against the Kulgam mayhem. It may be mentioned that Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred nine Kashmiri youth and injured more than fifty others in Laroo area of Kulgam district yesterday. Meanwhile, Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani, President of Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights has demanded complete stop to further bloodshed in the Occupied Kashmir. In a letter addressed to UN Secretary General António Guterres has said that the images coming out of Kashmir of brutalities committed by Indian forces is causing a stir among the Kashmiri diaspora. He said that plebiscite should be held to resolve the Kashmir dispute.