A police official said that unknown gunmen fired at Police (SPO) at his residence in Katsoo village of the district. He died on the spot, while his wife got injured.

Soon after the incident, Indian forces launched search operation in the area to nab the attackers.

Meanwhile, in another incident a 25-year-old Madrassa teacher was shot at by unknown gunmen at Khandaypora area of Kulgam district this evening. He was injured and shifted to hospital.

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The APHC in a statement issued in Srinagar said, “We support demand of people for removal of these camps which have come in every nook and corner in Kashmir.”

It said: “Such camps in civilian areas are source of strain between forces and people and these camps are nuisance. They create needless interference in routine work of adjacent population.”

Appealing international community and organizations for human rights, it urged them to take notice of the presence of these camps and play their role to secure the citizen rights.

Expressing deep concern over the reports pouring in from different civilian localities, it said that forces and SOG personnel during search operations in Palpora, Pistona Pulwama and Arizal Beerwa ransack properties, humiliate and thrash inmates to pulp injuring seriously Bashir Ahmad Hajjam, Sameera Banu and dozens of other, saying people have suffered immensely for past several years and continue to bear the severe brunt of Kashmir’s forcible control.

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The youth were killed by the troops during a siege and search operation at Ravarian Talla village, in Sunderbani of the district.

However, SSP Rajouri claimed that the youth were Mujahideen and were died in the gunfight with troops.

In the meantime, three youth were injured after clashes erupted during a search operation by Indian forces in Pulwama district, today.

Reports said that youth took to streets and pelted stones on the forces during a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) in Palpora village of the district.

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The meeting was chaired by its President Merajud Din Soleh. Ali Mohammad Mir and Manzoor Ahmad Butt also participated in the meeting.

The president said that recent meeting with Pakistani diplomats was very fruitful, cordial and congenial in which present situation in Kashmir was discussed threadbare.

The ongoing killing spree in Kashmir was also taken up in the meeting.

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Chief Justice of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Chaudhry Muhammad Ibrahim Zia, who was chief guest on the occasion said that Pakistan was ready for free and fair plebiscite because it had full trust on Kashmiris that they were with Pakistan and they could sacrifice everything for Pakistan.

Indian occupied Kashmir is the only place on earth where the worst human rights abuses are taking place but no one can turn Kashmiris from their just demand of freedom, he said and invited India to make peace and give freedom to Kashmir. He further said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is incomplete without Kashmir and Gwadar Port cannot be operational without it.

Others who spoke on the occasion included Javed Akbar Shah, Huma Jamil, Ahmed Quraishi and Shaista Safi, while Raja Faisal Younas moderated the event.

The event was attended by young lawyers, members of Bar Council Associations and human rights defenders.

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The leaders after attending the human rights conference in Geneva in a joint statement in London criticised India for its deceptive role and continued plans of genocide in occupied Kashmir.

They, while lashing Indian leadership, said that the border skirmishes and killing of innocent on both sides of borders was well thought-out plan carried by Indian forces to malign the ongoing freedom movement in Kashmir.

They said that India was responsible for bloodshed on both sides of borders, adding that New Delhi was misleading the world community that they were resorting to terrorist activities on borders to hoodwink opinion of the international community.

Warning India of dire consequences, the Kashmiri leaders said that New Delhi should regard and respect international norms and aspirations of subjugated people or face resistance and resentment.

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Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, who was recently elected as TeH Chairman, in an interview in Srinagar, said that the people of Kashmir had no international agenda and the Indian agencies were continuously engaged in defaming the Kashmir movement creating confusion among the masses. He pointed out that the Kashmir movement had an indigenous character that could not be by allowed to be undermined. The pro-freedom camp, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai added, has nothing to do with the organizations like Daesh and their ideology.

Meanwhile, the Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, today, organized a protest outside the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar against the shifting of Kashmiri detainees to the jails outside the Kashmir Valley. The protesters led by Muhammad Yasin Malik were carrying placards and banners with slogans demanding release of the Kashmiri detainees. Syed Ali Gilani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, while addressing the protesters over phone urged the international human rights organizations to take cognizance of the plight of the detainees and play their role to mitigate their sufferings.

Hurriyat leaders and organizations including Fazl Haq Qureshi, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Muhammad Musaddiq Aadil, Hilal Ahmad War, Shabbir Ahmad Dar, Muhammad Iqbal Mir, Muhammad Ahsan Untoo, Imtiyaz Ahmad Reshi, Ghulam Nabi War, Democratic Freedom Party, National Front and Mass Movement in their statements greeted the Pakistanis on the eve of their National Day, tomorrow. They hoped that Pakistan would continue to raise its voice at the international levels for the oppressed Muslim brethren in Kashmir.

The Jamaat-e-Islami of occupied Kashmir in its statement said that the Imams and preachers in the territory especially in South Kashmir were forced to attend the Indian Army camps and report the religious activities going on in the mosques.

Indian troops arrested over a dozen people during nocturnal raids in Arihal area of Pulwama district.

APHC-AJK leaders, Ghulam Muhammad Safi, Aijaz Rehmani and Shamim Shawl in a meeting with the American journalist, Hollie McKay, in Muzaffarabad told her that India is using the Kashmiri women as a soft target to suppress the Kashmiris’ struggle for securing their right to self-determination.

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Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said that the detainees, lodged in outside jails, were harassed, intimidated and humiliated for their affiliation with the freedom movement. The APHC Chairman said, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Altaf Ahmed Shah, Peer Saifullah, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Raja Merajuddin Kalwal, Ayaz Muhammad Akbar, Shahid-ul-Islam, Farooq Ahmed Dar and other Hurriyat leaders, lodged in New Delhi’s Tihar jail, are not even allowed to seek legal assistance and consult their lawyers.

The Chairman of Hurriyat forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, today, visited the residence of a martyred youth, Eisa Fazili in Soura area of Srinagar and expressed sympathy with the bereaved family. Fazili along with two other youth was killed by Indian troops during a cordon and search operation in Hakoora area of Islamabad district, last week.

Indian forces launched a cordon and search operation in Hajin area of Bandipora district. The forces also continued door-to-door searches in Samboora and Bijbehara areas of Pulwama and Islamabad districts. Siege and search operations continued for the second day, today, at Halmatpora in Kupwara. Five bodies of three youth were recovered from the debris of a house, destroyed by the troops, last night. Five personnel of Indian forces were, reportedly, killed in a gunfight in the area, today.

Another minor girl was assaulted and raped by people associated with a Hindu communal organization in Akhnoor area of Jammu district. Earlier, an eight-year-old girl, Aasifa, was abducted, raped and murdered by the people of same organization in Kathua district.

Senior Kashmiri journalist and writer Maqbool Sahil has passed away in Srinagar. He was a prolific Urdu and Pahari writer and broadcaster. Maqbool Sahil, 50, had spent some years in jail in a fake case, registered against him by Indian police.

An Indian soldier committed suicide in Samba district, taking the number of such deaths among Indian army to five in the territory during the current month. With this incident of suicide, the number of such deaths amongst Indian troops and police personnel in occupied Kashmir rose to 399 since January 2007.

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The protesters demanded negotiated settlement of the Kashmir dispute. Addressing the participants of the protest, KTK Chairperson Zamrooda Habib said that peace situation in South Asia had deteriorated due to intransigence of Indian leadership on Kashmir dispute.

Zamrooda Habib said that India and Pakistan were two nuclear armed countries, and an escalation at the Line of Control might trigger a full-fledged war between the neighborly countries.

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During his visit, Zafar Akbar Butt paid glowing tributes to Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Abdul Majeed Dar, on his martyrdom anniversary and other Kashmiri martyrs. He said that Abdul Majeed Dar was among the frontline commanders who laid the foundation of the ongoing freedom struggle.

The JKSM Chairman said that the great martyrs like Abdul Majeed Dar had written the history of Kashmir’s freedom struggle with their blood and the Kashmiris were indebted to the great and unparalleled sacrifices rendered by their martyrs for a noble cause. He saluted the commitment, dedication and steadfastness of the Kashmiri people and said that they would continue their martyrs’ mission till it reached its logical end.

Zafar Butt paid homage to martyrs including Aijaz Ahmed Dar, Bashir Butt, Farhat Ahmed, Bilal Ahmed, Saifullah and Farooq Showkat on their anniversary. He also strongly condemned the arrest of two youth from Padshahi Bagh by the Indian police during night raids and demanded their immediate release and other political activists.

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