Srinagar, March 31 -- Almost passed in a huff, an RTO order seeking mandatory JK number plates and additional tax has created a new chaos and confusion in Kashmir where many are calling it a discriminatory move.

AMONG 500 vehicles, reportedly seized within last five days across Kashmir, is a car of a Kashmiri trader on a home visit.

He frothed from his mouth as he turned up along with distressed dozens in the office of Regional Transport Officer (RTO).

"This is a sheer discrimination against us Kashmiris," said Showkat Ahmad, a Kashmiri handicraft trader in Delhi. "They just need a pretext to do these inhuman experiments on us every now and then. This mass detention of cars is yet another move to cripple Kashmir."

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