Indian troops martyr 10 Kashmiris in February
Srinagar: Indian troops, continuing their brutal campaign in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), martyred 10 Kashmiris during the last month of February.
According to data released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, two of the victims were killed in custody. The killings by the occupation troops rendered one woman widowed and three children orphaned.
During the month, Indian Army, Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Special Operation Group and notorious agencies such as Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK), National Investigation Agency and State Investigation Agency, arrested 840 civilians, mostly political activists, youth, traders and students. Several detainees were booked under black laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Public Safety Act (PSA), designed to silence dissent and prolong illegal detentions.
These killings and arrests occurred during 192 cordon-and-search operations and house raids carried out by Indian forces’ personnel across the territory.
Additionally, intensifying its colonial style suppression, the highly communal and corrupted administration led by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, under the direct control of Indian Home Minister, seized sixteen properties, including homes and land. These illegal confiscations are part of BJP-led Indian government’s strategy to economically strangle Kashmiris and suppress their political stand and freedom aspirations.
