Srinagar, Feb. 1 -- The PDP leaders and workers including women cadres today held a protest in Srinagar terming harassment of the Kashmiri students and shawl vendors unacceptable. Carrying placards and raising slogans, the party leaders tried to march on the Residency Road, however police prevented them from proceeding. The leaders said that recently Kashmiri students and shawl vendors are facing harassment and recently an 18-year-old youth who was earning his livelihood was attacked in Uttarakhand that has caused panic among the people across the UT. "When a young Kashmiri shawl seller is almost beaten to death in Uttarakhand, no one comes to his rescue. But when the PDP attempts a peaceful protest against such atrocities, the entire police machinery is unleashed to crush the march. Kashmiris are caged within J&K and thrashed when they step out to earn an honest livelihood. When even survival is treated as a crime, where are Kashmiris supposed to go from here? Are they even allowed to exist in new India," PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said in a statement. J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah has also raised serious concern over these attacks and said now they (government) have to look for employment avenues for youth in UT itself....