SRINAGAR: Indian security forces have killed two Kashmiri youth in Pulwama district of occupied Kashmir.
According to reports, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism have killed the young men during a search operation in the Tral area of the district.
The environment of fear and ambiguity persist in the Kashmir Valley and most of the Muslim areas of Jammu and Ladakh regions on the 161st consecutive day.
Local people of the area continue to face suffer hugely due to restrictions imposed under Section 144 and suspension of prepaid mobile, Internet and text messaging services.
Meanwhile, the authorities have revoked the detention orders issued under the draconian Public Safety Act against 26 persons, including the former president of High Court Bar Association, Nazir Ahmed Ronga.
These people were detained and booked under the PSA after August 5th, last year, when the Indian government repealed Kashmir’s special status and divided it into two union territories.
Occupied Kashmir is currently under the grip of ‘Chillai-Kalan’ which is the 40-day harshest period of winter that began on the 21st of last month and usually ends on the 31st of January.
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