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[Aditya Raj Kaul]

For once I don't blame the forces (J&K Police, Army, CRPF).

If any incident takes place in Shopian, Kupwara, or Maisuma, investigative
agencies should be given time to investigate and nab the bloody inhuman
criminals. If you draw conclusion without any logical thinking too early,
that will lead to 'madness'. That is what has been happening in Kashmir.

'Stone Pelting' as a way of protest is not fair. Abusing forces each time
isn't just.

The protesters need to be dealt with tough hand. Of course they are agents
of separatists and PDP.

I welcome the move by Omar Abdullah Govt. to give charge to J&K police in
many areas. This will give employment and at the same time bring down
separatist propaganda.



On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Junaid <justjunaid at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. Hundreds of Kashmiris herded into jails in crackdowns sweeping
> across the Valley.
>
>
> http://www.kashmirlive.com/story/JK-Police-pick-up-100-people-for-stone-pelting/487744.html
>
> Agencies
> Posted online: July 10, 2009 at 1759
>
> Continuing with their crackdown on stone pelters and anti-national
> elements, Jammu and Kashmir Police have picked up another 100 people
> from various parts of the Valley who were allegedly fomenting trouble
> with their acts.
>
> With the fresh arrests, the number of people picked up by the police
> has gone well past 400 and the authorities were closely screening
> those detained while slapping Public Safety Act on serious offenders,
> official sources said.
>
> As many as seven more people have been booked with charges under the
> Act. Altogether, the number of such people booked under the Act has
> reached 14.
>
> Today over three dozen people were picked up from the Srinagar city
> itself and in districts including Baramulla and Anantnag.
>
> The authorities decided to clampdown on stone pelters as they used to
> bring the Kashmir Valley to a grinding halt over irrelevant issues,
> the sources said.
>
> As many as 50 people were also picked up from Shopian district, which
> has been witnessing frequent strikes over the alleged rape and murder
> of two women.
>
> Some of the stone pelters have been slapped with serious charges of
> attempt to murder because their acts had led to life-threatening
> situations for some of the jawans, they said.
>
> The crackdown began from the intervening night of July 8 and July 9
> and is expected to continue for some more time till all culprits are
> brought to book, the official sources said.
>
> As part of the crackdown, a list of anti-social elements was prepared
> in consultation with intelligence agencies and local police stations
> after which raids to pick up people who had been disturbing peace in
> various districts of the Valley were taken up, they said.
>
> Police have slapped charges ranging from disturbing peace to serious
> offences under Section 307 (attempt of murder) on those arrested.
>
> The state tourism industry has taken the biggest hit because of the
> strikes, they said, adding that some local journalists, who were
> allegedly indulging in spreading rumours and inciting the mobs with
> wrong reporting, have also been identified and warned.
>
> 2. Another Kashmiri Woman Murdered, attempted rape by Indian Army man.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8143606.stm
>
> By Altaf Hussain
> BBC News, Srinagar
>
> Thousands of protesters have marched towards an army base in
> Indian-administered Kashmir, following the alleged murder of a young
> woman.
>
> Protesters say that the young student from the Kupwara district died
> after a member of India's Territorial Army assaulted her.
>
> A general strike over the incident has disrupted life across the
> Kashmir Valley as businesses closed down.
>
> The death is the tenth in recent weeks to be blamed on the security forces.
>
> The college student, 20, died after a Territorial Army soldier
> allegedly assaulted her at her home in Dolipora village late on
> Wednesday night.
>
> Police have charged a soldier with the murder of the young woman.
>
> The incident triggered huge demonstrations in Kupwara on Thursday
> which continued late into the night.
>
> Massive discontent
>
> The victim's funeral took place on Friday morning and fresh
> demonstrations have been reported from Kupwara on Friday.
>
> Thousands of people, including a large number of women, marched
> towards the army camp in Kupwara on Friday morning where the accused
> soldier was based.
>
> Shops and colleges have been closed and traffic suspended as a result
> of the strike.
>
> The incident comes amid huge discontent over the alleged rape and
> murder of two women in Shopian town six weeks ago.
>
> The final report of a probe into the case surrounding the double
> murder recently confirmed that police were involved.
>
> Shops in Shopian have been closed for the last 42 days and the case
> sparked protests across the Valley.
>
> 3. City youth’s murder sparks protests
> Police Vehicle Torched, 50 Injured In Clashes, Protesters Free Malik,
> Murder Case Registered, Suspects Held
>
> http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=9_7_2009&ItemID=130&cat=1
>
> GOWHAR BHAT
>
> Srinagar, July 8: At least 50 persons, including six policemen were
> injured, in the clashes between the policemen and protesters in
> various parts of the city Wednesday, following the murder of a Maisuma
> youth.
>  Asrar Mushtaq, 19, a 2nd year student at Islamia College, had gone
> missing on Friday evening after he had left home for gymnasium. Police
> recovered his throat-slit body from Sheikh Mohalla near Malkha in old
> city late last night and handed it over to his family this morning.
>  As the word about his death spread this morning, scores of angry
> protesters, including men and women, took to streets near Maisuma and
> its adjoining localities including Jehangir Chowk, Hari Singh High
> Street, Saraibala and staged protests. They blocked the roads by
> burning tyres. They later enforced a shutdown in the entire city
> centre following which all the shops, banks, educational institutes
> were closed.
>  As police and paramilitary CRPF personnel tried to control the
> protesters, the angry youth attacked several police vehicles. They
> intercepted a police bus, JK02R- 5444, near Maisuma and set it ablaze
> before beating-up the policemen.
>  Police later beat up the protesters with batons and fired tear smoke
> canisters to disperse them. The protesters refused to budge and
> retailed with stones. Police fired several live rounds in air to
> disperse the agitating youth, injuring several of them.
>  The protests spread to several parts of the city including Batamaloo,
> Rajouri Kadal, Habba Kadal, Nowhatta, Gojwara, Rainawari and other
> areas. Huge deployments of police and CRPF troopers used force to
> quell the protesters. However, ding dong battles between the
> protesters and policemen in different parts of the city continued till
> late in the evening.
>  In view of the situation, authorities later imposed curfew in Maisuma
> and didn’t allow people to come out their homes. In old city,
> officials said section 144 was imposed.
>
> PROTESTERS FREE MALIK
>  Amid pro-freedom slogans Asrar’s body was taken out from the locality
> in the afternoon for burial. The protesters also broke the police
> cordon around the residence of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front
> chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, who has been under house arrest for
> past 2-months, and took him along.  Later thousands of people offered
> Asrar’s Nimaz-e-Jinazah near clock tower.
>
> BUILDINGS ATTACKED
>  As mourners took his body for burial towards his ancestral graveyard
> near Dalgate from Moulana Azad Road, the angry youth attacked several
> buildings and hotels including the corporate headquarters of J&K Bank.
> They also set ablaze several kiosks of traffic police personnel and
> hoardings along the road. Several vehicles were also damaged as they
> pelted stones on the government buildings.
>
> OLD CITY
>  During protests near Rajouri Kadal, two youth were critically injured
> when they were hit by a tear smoke canisters. They were later shifted
> to SKIMS where doctors termed the condition of one of the youth, Obaid
> Nabi, of Shamsabad, Bemina as critical.
>  Late in the evening when the protests subsided, residents of
> Batamaloo and Maisuma alleged that the CRPF troopers barged into the
> residential houses. They said the troopers smashed the window panes of
> houses and thrashed the inmates.
>
> 3 INJURED IN NAID KADAL
>  At least three persons were injured when paramilitary CRPF troopers
> opened fire on the protesters near Naid Kadal in old city on Wednesday
> evening, witnesses said.
>  They said injured were shifted to a hospital where condition of one
> of the youth’s was stated to be critical.
>
> PROTESTS IN KU
>  Meanwhile, the Kashmir University students also held protest
> demonstrations against the killing of the disappeared youth. The
> students raised slogans and marched peacefully towards the main
> entrance of the KU where they staged a sit-in. They demanded that the
> case be investigated and the culprits be brought to book.
>
> POLICE VERSION
>  When contacted the senior superintendent of police, Ahfad-ul-Mujtaba,
> said six policemen were injured in the day long clashes.
>  He said restrictions were imposed in parts of the city as protesters
> indulged in ransacking public and private property. Asked whether the
> restrictions would continue, he said, “Adequate security measure would
> be in place to deal with the situation.”
>
> MURDER CASE REGISTERED
>  Ahfadul Mujtaba said that police has registered a murder case 54/2009
> under section 302 in police station Rainawari under section 302 RPC.
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Aditya Raj Kaul