Omar leads ministers, officials to border Poonch district
This was the first outreach of Omar after becoming CM of Jammu and Kashmir.
Top separatists, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, were on Thursday detained when they tried to take out a procession in Srinagar against the recent killing of civilians and journalist Shujat Bukhari.
The separatists had called for complete shutdown in Kashmir against these killings.
Mirwaiz said after his house arrest that such “dictatorial tactics” will not change anything. People have basic right to protest “brutal repression and killing” and we will continue to do so as long as this policy is pursued, he said.
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The separatists also dispatched a petition to the UN Human Rights Council demanding a UN inquiry commission for Kashmir.
Earlier, Normal life was affected in Kashmir Valley due to a strike called by separatists. Most of the shops, fuel stations and other business establishments in Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir were shut, a police official said.
He said public transport was minimal in the city, but private cars, cabs and auto-rickshaws were seen plying. The official said similar reports were received from other district headquarters of the Valley.
The separatists, under the banner of Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), on Tuesday called for a strike for Thursday against the killing of Bukhari and also civilians allegedly in security forces firing.
The spokesman said the JRL demands an international probe into Bukhari’s gruesome murder.
Bukhari was shot dead, along with his two personal guards, outside his office in Press Enclave here on 14 June by unidentified gunmen. Authorities have suspended train services in Kashmir as a precautionary measure, the police official said.
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