SRINAGAR (KMS) – In Occupied Kashmir, pellet victims held a protest demonstration in Srinagar demanding ban on the use of pellet guns on Monday.
Scores of pellets victims under the banner of Pellet Victims Welfare Trust (PVWT) from various districts of the valley assembled at press club in Srinagar. They were holding placards inscribed with slogans like ‘Pellet Gun Lethal Weapon’, ‘Ban on pellet gun’, ‘Stop use of pellet gun’, ‘Where is humanity where is UN’ and “Where is Human Rights Commission”.
Mohammad Ashraf Wani, one of the pellet victims from Pulwama district, said that they are demanding ban on the use of pellet gun in Kashmir valley so that the next generation could be saved from the lethal weapon. He rejected the Indian government’s claim that pellet gun was a non-lethal weapon terming it a white lie.
The protesters appealed to the common citizens of Kashmir to come in support of pellet victims and contribute towards their medical needs.
AAC holds rally in Srinagar
A rally organized by the Awami Action Committee (AAC) was held at Mirwaiz Manzil Rajouri Kadal to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of its founding Chairman, Mirwaiz Molvi Mohammad Farooq.
AAC Patron Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led the rally, which was attended by hundreds of party workers and activists, said a statement issued by AAC in Srinagar, the other day.
AAC workers reiterated the pledge that they would pursue the path shown by their visionary leader who throughout his life championed the cause of the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute.
During the rally, it was decided that after Zuhr prayers at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, today, a peaceful procession would be taken out from the grand mosque to martyrs’ graveyard in Eidgah, Srinagar which would be led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. However, the authorities placed Mirwaiz under house arrest and imposed strict restrictions to prevent the rally.
