Tag: Kashmir Crackdown

March 18 Amid a high intensity crackdown against pro Freedom activists and religious groups in Kashmir, the Government Forces conducted a nocturnal raid in Shopian's volatile Sugan area on Sunday night and arrested at least three persons. Sources informed The Kashmiriyat that late night on Sunday Forces including the Jammu Kashmir Police barged into several households in Shopian's Sugan and arrested at least three persons, two of whom have been identified as Habibullah Seh and Mohammed Ramzan Lone. The Indian Government has started a massive crackdown against religious and political outfits in Kashmir since October last year which intensified after the Pulwama attack on February 14 when a local Pulwama boy rammed his car into a CRPF convoy killing 49 of their men. Various relig...

March 14 Mushtaq Ahmed Veeri, a religious cleric from South Kashmir, has been booked under Public safety act and shifted to Jammu jail early morning on Thursday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Veeri was arrested on 24th of February 2019 along with several other members of religious groups after government started crackdown on religious leaders in Kashmir valley. ALSO READ: Forces Ban Clerics From Leading Friday Prayers in South Kashmir The family of Veeri, who is the Vice President of Jamiat Ahli hadith religious group in Jammu Kashmir, refuted the reports that he had been released on Wednesday evening. Sources in the Police confirmed the news and said he was shifted to a Jammu jail early morning. Intense crackdown began against religious groups in October last year, w...

March 07 Ten days of declaring Jamaat e Islami Jammu and Kashmir an ‘unlawfull organisation’, Government sealed the headquarters of the socio religious party at Batamaloo, Srinagar on Thursday. According to sources a large contingent of forces arrived at the place and entered JEI’s office and sealed it. JeI was banned by the government of India for allegedly supporting militancy, separatists, and to carve out an Islamic state out of Government established by law. More than 200 activists of JeI has been arrested so far.

March 02 Authorities in Kashmir have sealed several properties belonging to Jamaat e Islami (JeI), including residences of some of its activists, police said Saturday, days after the Centre banned the outfit on grounds that it was “in close touch” with militant groups and was likely to “escalate secessionist movement”. Several properties, including residential houses, belonging to various JeI leaders and activists were sealed in many areas of the city and elsewhere in the Valley Friday night, a police official said. He said bank accounts of JeI leaders have also been freezed. Various district magistrates have also sought list of moveable and immovable properties of the Jamaat leaders, he said. However, it was not clear if the move was linked to the ban on JeI or was done by ...

February 23 Scores of People including Chairman of JKLF, Mohammed Yasin Malik have been arrested during raids in Kashmir. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that nocturnal raids were conducted in various districts in South Kashmir in which at least 38 people were arrested. They said that nocturnal raids were conducted in Awantipora, Tral and parts of Zainapora in Shopian. The Chairman of JKLF, Yasin  Malik was detained during a raid at his house late night on Friday. Many prominent activists of Jama'at e Islami were also detained, the organization said. Nocturnal Raids have increased in Kashmir after a deadly attack on CRPF last thursday in which at least 45 CRPF men were killed.