Indian troops launch massive operations in IHK

ISLAMABAD: Indian troops launched massive cordon and search operations in all major South and North held Kashmir districts on Wednesday.

According to Kashmir Media Service (KMS), the troops during the operations sealed all entry and exit points and conducted door-to-door searches in Bandipora, Baramulla, Kupwara, Shopian, Pulwama and Kulgam districts.

The authorities booked a youth, Aijaz Ahmed, under black law, Public Safety Act, in south Kashmir and shifted him to Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu. Besides, India’s National Investigation Agency arrested from Delhi Airport a Kashmiri youth, Nisar Ahmed Tantray.

The Government Degree College Ganderbal reverberated with pro-freedom, pro-Pakistan and anti-India slogans on the arrival of the pro-India National Conference President Farooq Abdullah in the college to address a convention of party workers.

Both male and female students gathered in the college campus in large numbers and shouted anti-India slogans. Complete shutdown was observed in Kangan area of Ganderbal district, on the first martyrdom anniversary of a local salesman, Gowhar Ahmad Rather. He was killed in police action near central Jamia Masjid, Kangan.

Meanwhile, Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district remained shut on Wednesday on the first martyrdom anniversary of a local youth. All shops and other business establishments were closed while the public transport remained off the roads in the area to pay tribute to Gowhar Ahmad Rather who was killed in police action on this day last year.