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Curfew-like restrictions in Srinagar on Ashura10th Muharram observed with religious sanctity in several areas of Kashmir, Ladakh

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Nov 4: Authori-ties Tuesday imposed cur-few-like restrictions in parts of Srinagar to restrict Shia mourners from taking out Ashura processions on the 10th day of Muharram. The day is observed as a symbol of sacrifice and mourning, recall-ing the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS), the grand-son of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), in the battle of Karbala on the 10th of Muharram, over 1353 years ago.

Ashura however was observed with religious fervor in different parts of Kashmir and Ladakh, reports and witnesses said.

Several Shia organiza-

tions had announced that main Ashura procession would be taken out from Abi Guzar to Zadibal here. However, since Tuesday morning, the authorities had deployed hundreds of police and paramilitary forces in Lal Chowk and old Srinagar areas to prevent mourners from taking out the Muharram procession. But, reports said, a proces-sion was taken out from Abi Guzar which was led by Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi. Hun-dreds of activists of Jammu and Kashmir Anjuman-e-Sharie Shian along with huge gathering of mourners par-ticipated in the procession.

As soon as the procession began to move forward, the

police personnel dispersed them while detaining many in police stations. Later Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi and other activists were detained.

Over two dozen mourn-ers were injured in clashes with forces at different places while dozens were taken into “preventive cus-tody.” Reports of clashes were received from Bata-maloo, Nowhata, Hawal and Gojwara areas of old city.

Ashura procession would traditionally start from Guru Bazar and Shaheed Gunj and pass through Maulana Azad Road and Dalgate to end at Alamgari Bazar, Zadibal. However, the government is not allowing Muharram

India, Pakistan spar over Kashmir at UNGA

YOSHITA SINGH

United Nations, Nov 4: Spar-ring over Kashmir at the UN General Assembly, India and Pakistan have again exchanged verbal volleys over the issue with the Indian delegate dubbing the remarks of his Pakistani counterpart as "unsolicited comments" that were "factually incorrect".

According to a summary on the UN website of a meet-ing in the General Assembly's Third Committee that deals with social, humanitarian and cultural issues, Pakistani del-egate Diyar Khan raised the issue of Kashmir by saying that he regretted that the people of Jammu and Kashmir had been "deprived of their

Militants fire rifle grenades at Sopore SOG camp

GHULAM MUHAMMAD

Sopore, Nov 4: Panic gripped Sopore town of north Kashmir on Tuesday when suspected militants fired two rifle gre-nades towards a camp of J&K Police’s Special Operations near Iqbal Market.

Police said one of the gre-nades exploded with a bang outside the camp, triggering panic among people in the market. “Another grenade did not explode and it was later destroyed by the Bomb Dis-posal Squad,” he said.

The explosions didn’t hurt anyone, a police official said.

Meanwhile, a lady consta-ble and a civilian were injured after unidentified gunmen opened fire on Police Bus at

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Curfew in Sgr areas todaySrinagar, Nov 4 : In the wake of killing of two youth in Army firing at Chattergam yesterday and subsequent call for shut-down by separatist orga-nizations, the authorities have decided to impose curfew in several areas of Srinagar on Wednesday.

“There will be curfew in

Hurriyat seeks NHRC probeSrinagar, Nov 4: The Hur-riyat Conference led by Mir-waiz Umar Farooq Tuesday filed a petition before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking an inquiry into yesterday's army firing in Kashmir's Budgam district which left two youths dead and two others injured.

Army ‘attaches’ 16 men

Chadoora residents demand removal of RR camp

The phone call that shattered hopes: ‘They have been martyred’

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Police registers murder case

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Nov 4: A day after two youth were killed in army firing in Chatter-gam area of Central Kash-mir’s Budgam district, a Column of 53 Rashtriya Rifles was attached Tues-day even as police regis-tered a murder case into

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Separatists call for shutdown todaySrinagar, Nov 4: Various separatist organizations have called for complete shutdown across Kashmir on Wednesday to protest the killing of two youth in Army firing at Chattergam area of Budgam yesterday.

Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday urged all sections of society including people associated with trade and commerce, transport and education, to observe the strike against this “brutal act of barbarism.”

“After the recent floods that devastated the entire Valley, the Government of India is showing imperialism in the name of democracy. The arrests have become a routine. Our youth are being killed. Police has itself confirmed that the two youth killed by Army yesterday were unarmed and didn’t carry any illegal material,” he said in a statement.

Chief Minister calls Jaitley, seeks transparent inquiryArun Jaitley assures fair probeSrinagar Nov 4: The J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday strongly condemned the firing by Army at Chattergam yesterday and called the Union Defense Minister Arun Jaitley to seek “an immediate, transparent and time-bound probe” into the incident.

An official spokesman said Omar, while speaking to Jaitely, said such incidents have no place in an otherwise “improving security environment and serve as severe blow to the holistic efforts of sustainable peace and reconciliation in the State.”

Omar also said that justice in these cases should be swift and effective so that there is no cynicism in the minds of the people when it comes to their faith in the institutions of justice.

Nowgam youth laid to rest amid protests, curfewSeveral injured in day-long clashes

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Nov 4: Massive protests and clashes erupted in Nowgam area on Srinagar outskirts Tuesday following killing of two local youth—Meraj-ud-Din Dar and Faisal Yusuf—in Army firing at Chattergam yesterday. The slain youth were laid to rest amid curfew in the area.

Soon after the bullet-rid-den bodies were brought to their native localities of Kha-wajapora and Bunpor early Tuesday morning, angry youth hit the streets and raised anti-India and pro-freedom slogans and took the bodies in a procession to Nowgam Chowk. The pro-testers demanded punish-ment to the Army soldiers involved in the killings.

After argument with some police officials, the locals agreed to return and bury the bodies at the local martyrs graveyard.

The two youth were killed and two others criti-cally injured after soldiers of Army’s 53 Rashtriya Rifles opened fire on a car in

Chattergam area of Budgam district on Monday evening.

The youth were laid to rest in the graveyard that divides the two localities of Bonpur and Khawajapora amid heavy deployment of police and CRPF personnel. The forces had cordoned off the entire area and didn’t allow people from outside to join the funeral prayers.

Soon after the youth were laid to rest, angry protesters again took out a procession towards the Main Nowgam Chowk, but they were pushed back by police and paramilitary forces who were deployed in strength at the entrance of the localities.

The forces had sealed all roads, leading to locali-ties from Nowgam-Bypass side on the one hand and Natipora side on other, to prevent any person from moving inside. “They are not allowing mourners to visit the bereaved families,” said Abdur Rehman, a local.

In the afternoon, anoth-er cycle of protests erupted in the area. This time,

Army hell-bent to create uncertainty before polls, says NC’s Kamaal

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Nov 4: Five-year old Faizan picks up a fist-ful of earth and empties it into the grave of his elder brother—14-year-old Faisal Yusuf. He then moves back-wards, and almost disap-pearing among a crowd of people, stands silent. Faisal's another younger brother,

Farhan, stands near the grave, watching the funeral in a motionless state.

Both Faizan and Farhan

are too young to understand the tragedy that struck the family. Without uttering a word, the two brothers glance at faces around them. Soon, the burial is complet-ed and the duo taken back home, just opposite mar-tyrs graveyard where their brother is laid to rest.

Faisal was one among the

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Nov 4: Residents of Chadoora Tuesday demand-ed immediate removal of an Army camp of 53 Rashtriya Rifles in the area. The soldiers in the camp, they said, have “let loose a reign of terror.”

The demand comes a day after two youth were shot

dead by the Army men in Chattergam, Budgam.

Local legislator Javid Mustafa Mir, who supports the people’s demand, said such killings will continue if the camp is not removed forthwith. “They (soldiers) have made our lives a hell. Nobody is listening to us,” a delegation from Chadoora

told Greater Kashmir. “They snatch our identity cards and force us to come to their camps at various places in Chadoora tehsil.”

The Army unit, the resi-dents said, killed two of their own soldiers in October 2012 when they opened fire on a vehicle. “Frisking of vehicles

Srinagar, Nov 4: A legislator from the ruling National Con-ference Tuesday described the Army stationed in Kashmir as “killers of innocent people”, asserting that the Court of Inquiry ordered by the force into yesterday’s Chattergam incident “is a mere eyewash.” The Army Monday killed two

youth in cold-blood, trigger-ing massive protests and condemnation.

NC legislator, Sheikh Mus-tafa Kamal, told local news gathering agency CNS that the probe ordered into the killing of two innocent youth at Chattergam Budgam by the Army “is mere an eye-wash as

everybody knows that these killers are enjoying impunity under the Armed Forces Spe-

cial Powers Act (AFSPA).”“First, they (Army soldiers)

kill our innocent people and

then they express regret to rub salt into the wounds of victim families. Instead of expressing regret, they (Army) should disarm the killers since they know who killed these boys in cold-blood,” Kamal said, adding, “Army soldiers stationed in

Army stationed in Kashmir has always made an effort to meddle into the affairs of civilian government and has become

habitual of indulging in politics.--MUSTAFA KAMAL

Hundreds joined funeral prayers of Nowgam youths on Tuesday. PIC: HABIB NAQASH/GK

A policeman stands guard amid restrictions in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk on Tuesday. PIC: MUBASHIR KHAN/GK

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