Row erupts in Kashmir as leaders allege house arrest on martyrs' day
Srinagar, July 14 -- Several political leaders in Jammu & Kashmir on Sunday alleged that they have been placed under house arrest to prevent them from paying homage to the 21 people killed by the Dogra army on July 13, 1931. While chief minister Omar Abdullah termed the move "blatantly undemocratic", police and the district magistrate did not comment on it.
"In a blatantly undemocratic move homes have been locked from the outside, police & central forces deployed as 'jailers' & major bridges in Srinagar blocked. All to stop people from visiting a historically important grave yard containing the graves of people who laid down their lives to give Kashmiris a voice & to empower them...," the CM posted on X.P4...
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