Curfew, communication blockade continues in IOK on 82nd day

SRINAGAR (92 News) – Curfew, communication blockade continued in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) on 82nd day, on Friday, as normal life crippled due to the unrelenting military lockdown. According to the KMS, an environment of fear and uncertainty persists as stories of night raids, torture, beatings and incarcerations keep on emerging amid heavy deployment of Indian forces in every nook and corner of the territory. Restrictions under section 144 and total ban on internet and prepaid mobile services remain enforced. Despite the authorities’ efforts to manufacture normalcy in the territory, people are practicing peaceful civil disobedience against Indian occupation as well as against Modi government’s illegal action of revoking the special status of Kashmir on August 5. Shops and business establishments continue to remain shut for most part of the day and hardly any public transport is visible on the roads. School and offices are open but students and employees prefer to stay away. Train services from Banihal to Baramulla also remain suspended. The occupation authorities are likely to re-impose strict restrictions, today, in the Kashmir Valley to prevent people from holding anti-India protests after Friday prayers. The authorities have not allowed Juma congregational prayers at any of the major mosques and shrines of the territory since August 05. The landline phones were restored last month but due to the switch over to cellular networks they are less in number as compared to mobile phones. Earlier, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred three Kashmiri youth in Pulwama district during the curfew. The troops martyred the youth during a cordon and search operation at Rajpora in Tral area of the district. The operation continued till last reports came in. On the other hand, a Junior Commissioned Officer of the Indian Army was killed after being fired upon by unidentified gunmen in Nowshera area of Rajouri district, today. Soon after the attack, the troops cordoned off the area and launched searches to nab the attackers.