Indian CRPF soldier committed suicide in Indian-held Jammu Kahsmir

SRINAGAR (92 News) – In Indian-held Jammu Kashmir (IHK), an Indian Central Reserve Police Force soldier committed suicide in Jammu city. This incident raised the number of such deaths amongst the Indian army and police personnel to 436 in occupied Kashmir since 2007. Earlier, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has expressed deep concern for dillydallying tactics of Indian judiciary and administration regarding Kashmiri political prisoners presently confined in different jails of Kashmir and outside. In a statement, the APHC issued in Srinagar on Sunday said people are jailed for more than six months, and no judicial remedy or bail is possible. Justice for a common citizen is beyond his reach. It said that the prisoners on one hand were kept thousands of miles away from their home land and on the other hand they were forced to face biased and communal jail staff. The APHC deplored that the judicial apathy and its deliberate slow pace had prolonged the prisoners’ detention. The statement also condemned the summoning of Kashmiri editors and owners of reputed media houses by Indian probe agencies like National Investigation Agency. On July 13, Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world observed Kashmir Martyrs’ Day on Saturday to reiterate the pledge to continue the mission of their martyrs till the achievement of the inalienable right to self-determination.

The day was marked by a complete shutdown in Occupied Kashmir. The occupation authorities imposed restrictions in Srinagar by deploying Indian troops and police personnel in strength to prevent a march towards Naqashband Sahib in Srinagar where the martyrs of 13th July are buried.

Call for the shutdown and the march was given by the Joint Resistance Leadership to pay tributes to the Kashmiri martyrs. While the All Parties Hurriyat Chairman Syed Ali Gilani is under house detention since 2010, the authorities also placed the Chairman of Hurriyat forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, under house arrest. The Mirwaiz was scheduled to lead a procession from Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid to the Martyrs’ Graveyard at Naqashband Sahib. The Hurriyat forum in a statement denounced the authorities for imposing restrictions in Srinagar and placing the Mirwaiz under house arrest. The authorities also suspended train service in the occupied territory.