Indian police book 23 youth under Public Safety Act in Srinagar alone
Over 3,000 Kashmiris arbitrarily arrested since Pahalgam false flag operation
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Srinagar: Brutal cordon and search operations, mass raids and sweeping detentions by Indian forces and intelligence agencies continue unabated to terrorize pro-freedom people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir .
According to Kashmir Media Service, in a latest wave of repression, Indian Police have booked 23 more youth under draconian law, Public Safety Act (PSA) in Srinagar alone.
The arrested youth have been identified as Saqib Shafi Wani, Waleed Aijaz Sheikh, Hashim Farooq Mir, Sayar Ahmad Sheikh, Tawseef Ahmad Khan, Showkat Ahmad Dar, Ali Mohammad Rather, Owais Farooq Lone, Musaib Ahmad Khan, Feroz Ahmad Najar, Shabbir Ahmad Ghulam, Sajid Shahnawaz Mir, Numan Qayoom Ganie, Owais Altaf Butt, Junaid Zahoor Bangroo, Muzaffar Farooq Mir, Uneeb Naseer Mir, Irfan Ahmad Seeru, Fahad Bashir Sidique, Zubair Ahmad Lone, Faizan Yaseen Sheikh, Ibrahim Rashid Ganie and Abdul Hamid Ganie. The detainees have been booked after obtaining formal detention orders from the office of DM Srinagar and lodged in District Jails of Poonch, Udhampur and Kot Balwal Jammu.
Indian police have been systemically targeting Kashmiri people, especially youth for their unwavering support to the Kashmiris’ right self-determination.
It is worth mentioning here that since the Pahalgam false flag operation, over 3,000 Kashmiris have been arbitrarily arrested during mass crackdowns, reflecting the Modi regime’s desperation to silence all dissent in the territory. The use of black laws like PSA and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) to detain innocent Kashmiris without charges or due process has become a systematic tool of state oppression. This heightened campaign of repression — marked by illegal detentions, home raids, and custodial abuses — exposes India’s frustration and its failure to crush the Kashmiri freedom spirit.
The widespread arrests are glaring proof of state-sponsored terrorism against unarmed civilians. Rights defenders have called on international human rights bodies to urgently intervene and hold India accountable for its unrelenting war on the Kashmiri people, stressing that no amount of tyranny can extinguish their just struggle for freedom.
