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ISLAMABAD, (APP): Curfew and restrictions in Indian
Occupied Kashmir continued to remain in force for the 74th consecutive
day, today, to prevent anti-India protest rallies.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the restrictions were
imposed to curb marches towards Baramulla, Pulwama and Srinagar
districts as part of the weekly protest programme given by the joint Hurriyet leadership, however, people flouted the restrictions and held protests throughout the Valley.
Many people were injured when Indian armed forces fired
pellets and teargas shells on protesters in almost all districts
of the Kashmir Valley.
The forces attacked the participants of one such rally at
Vehil in Shopian district in which scores of people were injured,
many of them critically.The injured were shifted to a nearby
hospital.
Besides, the men in uniform destroyed fruits worth millions
of rupees in the district.The forces’ personnel barged into
houses in Dadsar, Noorpur and Arigam areas of Tral; beat up
inmates and ransacked houses.The troops in Kremshore area of
Badgam district also vandalized houses and damaged parked
vehicles.
Meanwhile, the Hurriyet forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in
a statement denounced the continued restrictions and Indian brutalities
against Kashmiri people for the past around two-and-half months in
the territory.