{"id":211160,"date":"2026-09-20T09:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T04:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=211160"},"modified":"2026-09-20T09:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T04:26:37","slug":"livelihoods-targeted-through-vehicle-seizures-in-iiojk-locals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/20\/livelihoods-targeted-through-vehicle-seizures-in-iiojk-locals.html","title":{"rendered":"Livelihoods targeted through vehicle seizures in IIOJK: Locals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-211161\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/09\/2-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"909\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/09\/2-11.png 909w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/09\/2-11-387x220.png 387w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/09\/2-11-780x444.png 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/09\/2-11-768x437.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar : People in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have said that their businesses and livelihoods are being ruined on one pretext or another by the Indian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, reacting to the seizure of around two dozen vehicles in Baramulla in the name of traffic violations, the locals termed it a premeditated plan to tighten the noose around the economy of Kashmiri people.<\/p>\n<p>Indian police, in a statement issued on Saturday, said that over a dozen vehicles were seized for lacking valid documents, while eight were challaned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/14\/dfp-urges-un-icrc-to-act-against-arrests-raids-property-seizures-in-iiojk.html\">DFP urges UN, ICRC to act against arrests, raids, property seizures in IIOJK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Locals said such drives, especially in the name of anti-drug campaigns or traffic rules, have become a routine tool to harass transporters and small traders, seize their vehicles, and push them into financial distress.<\/p>\n<p>The transporters said many of the seized vehicles are the sole source of income for poor families and their seizure without due process amounts to economic strangulation of Kashmiris.<\/p>\n<p>They appealed to human rights bodies to take note of the systematic targeting of livelihoods under different pretexts in the occupied territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar : People in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have said that their businesses and livelihoods are being ruined on one pretext or another by the Indian authorities. 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