Indian troops martyr one more Kashmiri youth in Tral

SRINAGAR (Monitoring Desk): Indian troops martyred one more Kashmiri youth in Indian occupied Kashmir’s (IoK) Pulwama district on Monday, the Kashmir Media Service reported.

The troops killed the youth during a cordon and search operation in Chopan Mohalla of Tral area.

The martyred youth was identified as Adil Rashid Chopan, a resident of Larow village of Tral.

The operation was launched jointly by the Indian army, police, and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force, KMS reported.

The cordon and search operation in the area was underway when reports last came.

A complete shutdown was observed in Indian occupied Kashmir on Sunday against the cordon and search operations and subsequent killings by Indian forces across the Kashmir Valley.

All shops and business establishments were closed, while traffic remained off the road. The call for strike was given by the Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Muhammad Yasin Malik.

Strict restrictions, including suspension of train, internet, and mobile services, were imposed in Srinagar to prevent anti-India protests.

The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said that Pakistan’s permanent envoy to the United Nations, Dr Maleeha Lodhi’s stand on Kashmir, expressed by her in the World Body, was in accordance with the historical and ground realities of Jammu and Kashmir.

He added that Pakistan had been making its all-out efforts to implement the UN resolutions for settlement of the Kashmir dispute for the past many decades. He urged the international human rights organizations to take cognizance of the worsening situation in Kashmir.

A large number of women held pro-freedom protests in Hajin area of Banidpora district against the killing of six youth by Indian troops. The protesting women raised anti-India and pro-freedom slogans. Funeral prayers-in-absentia for the martyred youth were held in Chandergaer area.