Indian troops martyr six Kashmiris in February
Srinagar: Indian forces personnel, continuing their brutal military campaign in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, martyred six Kashmiris during the month of February.
According to data released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, four of the victims were killed in fake encounters and extrajudicial killings.
During the month, the Indian Army, Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Special Operations Group, and notorious agencies such as Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK), National Investigation Agency (NIA), and State Investigation Agency (SIA) arrested 29 civilians, mostly political activists and youth, in the territory. Several detainees were booked under black laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Public Safety Act (PSA), designed to silence dissent and prolong illegal detentions.
These killings and arrests occurred during 183 cordon-and-search operations and house raids conducted by Indian forces’ personnel across the territory.
Additionally, intensifying its colonial-style suppression, the highly communal and corrupt administration led by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, under the direct control of the Indian Home Minister, seized fifteen properties, including homes and lands of activists in IIOJK. These illegal confiscations are part of the BJP-led Indian government’s strategy to economically strangle Kashmiris and suppress their political stance and freedom aspirations.
Meanwhile, over three thousand Hurriyat leaders, activists, youth, students, and human rights defenders — including APHC Chairman Masarrat Aalam Butt, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Aasiya Andrabi, Naheeda Nasreen, Fehmeeda Sofi, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Ayaz Akbar, Peer Saifullah, Merajuddin Kalwal, Shahidul Islam, Farooq Ahmed Dar, Mushtaq-ul-Islam, Molvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani, Bilal Ahmed Siddiqi, Dr Muhammad Qasim Fakhtoo, Dr Muhammad Shafi Shariati, Muhammad Hayat Butt, Noor Muhammad Fayaz, Dr Hameed Fayaz, Rafiq Ahmad Ganai, and human rights defender Khurram Parvez — along with over three dozen Kashmiri women, continue to remain lodged in different jails in India and IIOJK and are being victimised for their affiliation with the ongoing freedom movement.
