Srinagar, Aug. 31 -- ON Saturday and Sunday, the Government forces once again fired shotgun pellets and tear gas in Kashmir, this time to break up hundreds of Muslims participating in a Muharram procession, injuring dozens, pictures of some of whose pellet-riddled bodies and faces went viral on social media. According to Police the mourners violated prohibitory orders that restrict all religious processions to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. But mourners contend they followed all Standard Operating Procedures in performing their religious obligation. It is also correct that this is not because of the Covid-19 pandemic that the administration didn't allow the Muharram processions to go ahead. They continue to be banned since t...