At least six people get injured in protests that erupted after a presidential order on Monday to remove the Muslim-majority and Indian occupied Kashmir’s special status.
A hospital in the main city of Srinagar had admitted six patients having gunshot injuries and other injuries caused by non-lethal weapons, a source at the facility revealed.
The Himalayan region of Indian occupied territory has been virtually cut off from India after authorities cut down phone and internet services following Monday’s announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s led BJP government.
Indian government overruled a 7 decades-old rule that gave the power of autonomy to the occupied and disputed Muslim-majority region of Kashmir.
The government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), also passed a bill by overruling Articles 370 and 35A, proposing the Jammu and Kashmir state be split into two union territories fully under the rules and power of New Delhi.
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Public gatherings and rallies have also been banned and two former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti and Umar Abdullah, have been taken into custody.
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Using the threats as justification for deploying military in tension amid area, the Indian government stationed thousands of troops and displaying military power along the Himalayan border, followed by targetting civilian population using cluster munitions in Pakistan Administered Kashmir.
