Srinagar: The state government have imposed strict restrictions in parts of Srinagar and north Kashmir to foil the proposed march by separatists to Sopore town, where six persons have been shot dead by unidentified gunmen since May 25.
The police also prevented separatist leaders, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Geelani and Yasin Malik, from marching towards Sopore by resorting to arrests and house detentions.
The two factions of the Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Farooq and Geelani and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) led by Yasin Malik in a joint statement had called for “Sopore chalo” march on June 19 to show “solidarity” with the families of the six slain persons, including Tehreek-e-Hurriyat activists and former militants. The police have blamed two Hizbul Mujahideen militants for the killings and also announced a reward of Rs 20 lakh for any information about them.
The restrictions imposed by the authorities disrupted normal life in Srinagar and most parts of Kashmir as shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained shut. Vehicular traffic was also off the roads in most parts of Srinagar and in north Kashmir. There were reports of minor stone-throwing incidents from a few areas of Sopore.
As the Sopore march and the subsequent restrictions by the authorities coincided with the first day of Ramzan, the weekly Friday congregational prayers in many parts of Srinagar, including the Jamia Masjid in old city, and Sopore town were also disrupted.
“On the eve of Friday, the authorities sealed the historic Jamia Masjid and did not allow prayers there,” Mirwaiz said in a statement.
Sopore town, 5o km from here, was also sealed with the police barricading all roads leading to the town and not allowing any vehicular movement on them.
As the administration had already decided not to allow the march to Sopore, almost all separatist leaders, including moderate Hurriyat chief Mirwaiz Farooq, Shabbir Shah, Nayeem Khan and Ashraf Sehrai, were put under house arrest on Thursday evening.
Yasin Malik was arrested from Chadoora in Budgam on Wednesday night and later shifted to a police station in Srinagar. Hardline Hurriyat chairman Geelani, who was also under house detention since Wednesday, managed to come out of his Hyderpora home on Friday morning. He was, however, whisked away to the nearby Humhama police station by the police personnel present on the spot.
“While trying to break his house detention today to lead the proposed protest march in Sopore against the brutal civilians killings, Syed Ali Geelani was arrested outside his residence along with his associates by the police,” the hardline Hurriyat said in a statement.
(ASgencies)
The police also prevented separatist leaders, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Geelani and Yasin Malik, from marching towards Sopore by resorting to arrests and house detentions.
The two factions of the Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Farooq and Geelani and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) led by Yasin Malik in a joint statement had called for “Sopore chalo” march on June 19 to show “solidarity” with the families of the six slain persons, including Tehreek-e-Hurriyat activists and former militants. The police have blamed two Hizbul Mujahideen militants for the killings and also announced a reward of Rs 20 lakh for any information about them.
The restrictions imposed by the authorities disrupted normal life in Srinagar and most parts of Kashmir as shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained shut. Vehicular traffic was also off the roads in most parts of Srinagar and in north Kashmir. There were reports of minor stone-throwing incidents from a few areas of Sopore.
As the Sopore march and the subsequent restrictions by the authorities coincided with the first day of Ramzan, the weekly Friday congregational prayers in many parts of Srinagar, including the Jamia Masjid in old city, and Sopore town were also disrupted.
“On the eve of Friday, the authorities sealed the historic Jamia Masjid and did not allow prayers there,” Mirwaiz said in a statement.
Sopore town, 5o km from here, was also sealed with the police barricading all roads leading to the town and not allowing any vehicular movement on them.
As the administration had already decided not to allow the march to Sopore, almost all separatist leaders, including moderate Hurriyat chief Mirwaiz Farooq, Shabbir Shah, Nayeem Khan and Ashraf Sehrai, were put under house arrest on Thursday evening.
Yasin Malik was arrested from Chadoora in Budgam on Wednesday night and later shifted to a police station in Srinagar. Hardline Hurriyat chairman Geelani, who was also under house detention since Wednesday, managed to come out of his Hyderpora home on Friday morning. He was, however, whisked away to the nearby Humhama police station by the police personnel present on the spot.
“While trying to break his house detention today to lead the proposed protest march in Sopore against the brutal civilians killings, Syed Ali Geelani was arrested outside his residence along with his associates by the police,” the hardline Hurriyat said in a statement.
(ASgencies)
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