Month: February 2019

February 23 The family of incarcerated Sarjan Barkati has been constantly demanding the release of Sarjan barkati who is under detention since October 01, 2016. The family has been facing a tough time since the arrest of Barkati, "it has been really tough for the kids," wife of Sarjan Barkati told The Kashmiriyat. Barkati, who grew famous due to passionate speeches and pro Freedom Taranas became the face of 2016 civilian uprising post the killing of Burhan wani on 08 July, 2016. Barkati who is survived by a wife and two young kids is believed to have addressed more than 180 rallies throughout Southern Kashmir attended by lakhs of people. Barkati was arrested on October 01, 2016 in South Kashmir and was subsequently booked under the Public safety act. The High court of Jam...

February 23 Joint Resistance Leaders have called for complete shutdown on Feb 24 against arbitrary arrest spree of Jamat e Islami leaders, detention of Yasin Malik and attempts to tamper with Article 35A According to the statement issued by the JRL the arbitrary arrest of JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and the mass crackdown and illegal detention of more than 200 Jamat e Islami cadre and leadership including its Ameer Abdul Hamid Fayaz in nocturnal raids across the valley ‘looks to be not only part of the continued policy of suppression of pro self determination leadership and narrative, but in the case of hearing of 35A in Indian Supreme Court most likely on Monday, an indication of what may be expected.’ “JRL strongly condemns this dictatorial policy of cracking the whip and...

February 23 At least four Central Reserve Police Force personnel (CRPF) and five civilians were injured in a road mishap in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday afternoon. Sources said that a CRPF vehicle collided with a four wheeler (Tata Sumo) near Pandit Colony in north Kashmir’s Baramulla this afternoon. In the mishap four CRPF personnel, five civilians received serious injuries and were rushed to District Hospital Baramulla for advance treatment. However the identity of the injured civilians and CRPF men were not known immediately. Meanwhile police has taken cognizance of this road accident.

February 23 The Kunan-Poshpora villages came into the news in February 1991 when some soldiers were reportedly killed in a militant ambush. The village before that had never had a problem with the military. That would change in the intervening night of February 23-24, 1991. An unspecified number of soldiers of the 4th Rajputana Rifles (RR) cordoned off the entire village in the name of conducting a “search operation”. All the men were asked to come out of their homes, and were taken away to another location for interrogation. Once the men were taken away, soldiers went inside every house, raped and abused 53 women through the night. The victims of this mass rape ranged in age from 13 to 80 years. Their numbers remained a matter of conjecture as only 53 married women filed FIRs or ...

February 23 A snow avalanche occurred in Chrawan area of Aajs in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a snow avalanche ht the Chawran area in Bandipora early morning on Saturday, after which six people went missing. They said, 5-6 persons are feared to be trapped under the avalanche. Meanwhile, joint teams of Police and Army have reached the spot and started the rescue operation.