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 Updated On! Sunday 05th of September 2010 |
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Restrictions cripple life in Kashmir ValleySrinagar, July 29: Undeclared curfew and restrictions in Srinagar and other cities and towns of Kashmir, continued Thursday as authorities tried to scuttle protests and demonstrations against India and killing of civilians by Indian paramilitary forces and continued gross human rights violations. Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani, has called for sit-ins and protests across the valley. Restrictions were placed in five old city areas as well as in uptown Maisuma locality. There was a clamp down in north Kashmir's Sopore and Baramulla towns as well. The authorities restricted the movement of people in police stations areas of Nowhatta, Khanyar, Maharajgun, Safakadal, Rainawari, Soura, Parimpora, Batmaloo, Maisuma, Qmmerwari and Bemina in Srinagar. Shops, markets, public transport, banks, educational institutions and post offices remained closed in areas placed under restrictions while skeletal private transport plied in the uptown areas and outskirts of Srinagar city. 'The restrictions are there,' a senior police officer said here. Meanwhile, there are reports of protest sit-ins and clashes between demonstrators and forces from Srinagar city and some areas of Handwara, Pulwama, Baramulla and Islamabad. As many as 18 civilians including youg boys and a woman have been killed in the Valley since June 11 in firing by Indian Central Reserve Police Force and police men. Agencies Protests broke out in several neighborhoods in Islamabad town, after police detained at least eight people for participating in recent anti-India protests, said a police officer on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to reporters. Police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse the protests, the officer said. |
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