Kashmir burns as Hye die in police fire
Five People, including a prominent leader of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, Shaikh Abdul Aziz - chief of the Peoples' League - were killed in police firing on Monday as thousands of Kashmiris poured into the streets, responding to a call to march across the line of control (LoC) towards Muzzafarabad in Pakistan. Curfew was clamped in all towns of the Valley and hundreds of arrests were made.
The call was given by Kashmiri fruit growers to protest the alleged economic blockade of the Valley by agitators in Jammu, which was preventing them from transporting their perishable produce to markets across the country The march was intended to emphasise that if their produce could not reach Indian markets, they would send it to Pakistan instead. It had the support of Kashmir's chamber of commerce, traders' federation, as well as all factions of the separatists and the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
The largest of the marching processions began in Sopore, led by Shaikh Aziz and another separatist leader Shabir Shah, swelling to nearly a lakh as it moved along the Srinagar-Muzzafarabad highway Around 300 trucks and buses were part of the caravan.
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The call was given by Kashmiri fruit growers to protest the alleged economic blockade of the Valley by agitators in Jammu, which was preventing them from transporting their perishable produce to markets across the country The march was intended to emphasise that if their produce could not reach Indian markets, they would send it to Pakistan instead. It had the support of Kashmir's chamber of commerce, traders' federation, as well as all factions of the separatists and the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
The largest of the marching processions began in Sopore, led by Shaikh Aziz and another separatist leader Shabir Shah, swelling to nearly a lakh as it moved along the Srinagar-Muzzafarabad highway Around 300 trucks and buses were part of the caravan.
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To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
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